Ricky Spargo (born 21 August 1947) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). I ...

(VFL). Like his father Bob senior who had run third in both the 1936 and 1940

Stawell Gift The Stawell Gift is Australia's oldest and richest short-distance running race. It is the main event in an annual carnival held on Easter weekend by the Stawell Athletic Club, with the main race finals on the holiday Monday, at Central Park, S ...

finals, Ricky was also a well performed professional runner, finishing fifth in the 1974 Stawell Gift final.

Notes

*Watt, Gary (2008). ''Stawell Gift Almanac'' 1st ed. Legacy Books. Page 217.

External links

* * *http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110773145?searchTerm=1974%20Stawell%20Gift&searchLimits= {{DEFAULTSORT:Spargo, Ricky Living people 1947 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Western Bulldogs players