| Born | circa 1869 Kilkenny, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
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| Died | 3 November 1939 Buckrose, Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||
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William Sparrow (1869 – 1939) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Sparrow was born in Kilkenny and attended Trinity College Dublin, where he played rugby. He gained two Ireland caps as a fullback, facing Wales at Llanelli in 1893, then England at Blackheath the following year.
Ordained in 1895, Sparrow served as a curate at several English parishes, before his appointment as vicar of Luttons Ambo, Malton in 1904, a position he held up until his death.