Brian Anthonie Sparks Administration Member of the Order of the British Empire born in Llanharan, was a Welsh police officer, teacher, head teacher, founder-chairman of the Welsh Schools Basketball Association in 1963, and rugby union and professional rugby league football player of the 1950s and "60s playing representative level rugby union for Wales, and Devon, at invitational level for Barbarian F.C., and at club level for Pontypool Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Bridgend Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Neath Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Glamorgan Police Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Torquay Athletic Reconstruction Finance Corporation, and Saint Luke"s College in the Middlesex Sevens final victory of 1957, playing at Flanker, id est (that is) number 6 or 7, and playing club level rugby league for Halifax, he died in Bridgend.
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Brian Sparks signed for Halifax from Neath Reconstruction Finance Corporation in 1957 for a signing-on fee of £1800 (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £91,120 in 2013), and made a try-scoring début against Hunslet on Saturday 28 December 1957, he played in the defeat by Wigan in the 1959 Challenge Cup during the 1958-1959 season at Thrum Hall, Halifax in 1959, in front of 29,153 Fans, he also played, and was Captain, in the defeat by Wigan in the 1961 Challenge Cup semi-final during the 1960-1961 season in March 1961.