William Sparrow
William Sparrow was an Irish international rugby union player.
Sparrow was born in Kilkenny and attended Trinity College Dublin, where he played rugby. He gained two Ireland caps as a fullback, facing Wales at Llanelli in 1893, then England at Blackheath the following year.
Ordained in 1895, Sparrow served as a curate at several English parishes, before his appointment as vicar of Luttons Ambo, Malton in 1904, a position he held up until his death.