years death_date databasefootball birth_place teams article_title position birth_date nfl pfr number draftedpick college draftedround draftedyear
1951 1954 17 december 1954 sparkdav01 arlington county , virginia san francisco 49ers washington redskins dave sparks
 offensive lineman 28 april 1928 spa652597 sparda21 39 , 68 173 south carolina 15 1951
dave sparks

david walter sparks -lrb- april 28 , 1928 -- december 17 , 1954 -rrb- was an american football offensive lineman in the national football league for the san francisco 49ers and the washington redskins .
he played college football at the university of south carolina and was drafted in the fifteenth round of the 1951 nfl draft .
in 1954 , sparks died from a heart attack at age 26 during his career with the washington redskins .
