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Calvin Robert Sparks ( Missoula 1952 )

posted: Jan 1, 2002

Bob, 62, died April 26, 1992, in Missoula, Montana. He was born January 11, 1930, in Missoula and his occupation was listed as high school Counselor. Bob graduated from Missoula Country H.S. in 1948 and the University of Montana in 1952. He play Grizzly basketball 1949-52 and a member of the Grizzly Basketball Hall of Fame. Bob taught in Plains and Frenchtown before moving to Missoula Country H.S. where he taught 29 years.

Bob was working at a building site and was struck by a tractor with a backhoe bucket and died of multiple trauma. He jumped at Missoula during the 1952 season.