# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francis-sparks
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:46:33.883Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francis-sparks"
name: "Francis Sparks"
slug: "francis-sparks"
description: "Francis John Sparks was an English amateur footballer, who played as a forward. He won the FA Cup in 1880 with Clapham Rovers and made three appearances for England, scoring three goals and being appointed captain."
tagline: "English footballer (1855-1934)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1855-07-04"
deathDate: "1934-02-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.47
  momentum:             1.571428571428571
  historical:           5.669582666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%B3"
    title: "فرنسیس اسپارکس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "فرانسيس سپاركس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Sparks"
    title: "Francis Sparks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%81%2C_%D0%A4%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Спаркс, Фрэнсис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Sparks"
    title: "Francis Sparks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Sparks"
    title: "Francis Sparks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3081694"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump