Paul Spargo (born 9 October 1966) is a former
Australian rules
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by ...
footballer who played with
North Melbourne
North Melbourne is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Melbourne local government area. North Melbourne recorded a population of 14,953 at ...
and the
Brisbane Bears
The Brisbane Football Club, nicknamed the Bears, was a professional Australian rules football club based in Queensland on the Gold Coast (relocated to Brisbane in 1993). The club participated in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL ...
in the
Australian Football League (AFL). A half forward, he is the son of Footscray's Grand Final player
Bob Spargo.
Originally from Albury, Spargo returned to coach the
Albury Football Club
The Albury Football Club, nicknamed the ''Tigers'', is an Australian rules football and netball club based in Albury, a major regional city in New South Wales. Albury football and netball squads compete in the Ovens & Murray Football League.
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in 1994, leading the team to the first of consecutive
Ovens & Murray Football League
The Ovens and Murray Football Netball League (O&MFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball competition containing ten clubs based in north-eastern Victoria, the southern Riverina region of New South Wales and the Ovens and Murray a ...
(O&MFL) premierships the following year. He left in 1997, but returned for a year in 2002. Between 2003 and 2004 he was an assistant coach at the
Richmond Football Club in the
Australian Football League (AFL). In 2009, he again returned to Albury, and lead them to three consecutive premierships, becoming the first man to coach five O&MFL premiership teams.
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1966 births
Living people
North Melbourne Football Club players
Brisbane Bears players
Coburg Football Club coaches
Albury Football Club players
Albury Football Club coaches
Australian rules footballers from Albury