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Canadian male curler Not to be confused with Gordon Sparks, an author, journalist and BBC Radio Devon disc jockey and football commentator.
Gordon Sparkes
Curler 
Team
Curling clubDeer Lodge CC,
Winnipeg, MB
Curling career
Member Association Manitoba
Brier appearances1: (1979)
World Championship
appearances
1 (1979)
Medal record
Curling
Representing  Canada
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1979 Bern
Macdonald Brier
Representing  Manitoba
Gold medal – first place 1979 Ottawa

Gordon A. "Sparkie" Sparkes (born c. 1945) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He is a 1979 World Men's bronze medallist and a 1979 Brier champion. 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)

Teams

Season Skip Third Second Lead Events
1978–79 Barry Fry Bill Carey Gordon Sparkes Bryan Wood Brier 1979 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WCC 1979 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

References

  1. 2017 Tim Hortons Brier Media Guide: Previous Rosters
  2. "Larry Tucker". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. March 24, 1979. p. 16. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
  3. "Honour 'mindblowing'". Winnipeg Sun. February 19, 2004. p. 49. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  4. Gordon Sparkes at World Curling Edit this at Wikidata
  5. "Deer Lodge Curling Club - Gordon Sparkes – Curler / Builder". 2019-08-31. Archived from the original on 2019-11-17.
  6. Hall of Fame and Museum – CurlManitoba (look at "2014 Hall of Fame Inductees")

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