Gordon A. "Sparkie" Sparkes (born c. 1945) is a Canadian
curler from
Winnipeg
Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749 ...
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Manitoba
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. He is a and a . He curled competitively from 1964 until 1979.
Awards
*Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame: 2014 (with all 1979 Canadian Men's Championship Team skipped by
Barry Fry
Barry Francis Fry (born 7 April 1945) is an English former football player and manager. A winger, Fry was an apprentice at Manchester United in his youth, and had brief spells with Bolton Wanderers, Luton Town and Leyton Orient, before he r ...
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Hall of Fame and Museum – CurlManitoba
(look at "2014 Hall of Fame Inductees")
Teams
References
External links
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Gordon Sparkes Gallery , The Trading Card Database
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Gordon Sparkes – Curling Canada Stats Archive
Living people
Canadian male curlers
Brier champions
1940s births
Curlers from Winnipeg
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