1993 Death Ger ter Horst, Dutch soccer trainer (Sparta), dies 1992 Death Rinus Terlouw, Dutch soccer player/trainer (Sparta), dies 1977 Birthday Ali el Kattabi, soccer player, Sparta 1976 Birthday Germain Wattamaleo, soccer player, Sparta 1976 Birthday Michael Renfurm, Surinam/Dutch soccer player, Sparta 1976 Death Ad Verhoeven, soccer player (Xerxes/Sparta), dies in auto-accident 1974 Birthday Addilson dos Santos, soccer player, Sparta 1974 Birthday Carlos Fortes, soccer player, Sparta 1972 Birthday Tom van Mol, born in Dendermonde, Belgium, professional soccer player, played for PSV, Sparta, KFC Lommel, FC Utrecht 1972 Birthday Dennis Military man, soccer player, Sparta/Vitesse 1972 Birthday Arie van de Padt, Dutch soccer player, Tonegido, Sparta 1971 Birthday Dennis de Brown, soccer player, Sparta 1971 Birthday Ernest Faber, born in Geldrop, Netherlands, professional soccer player, played for the Netherlands national football team, PSV Eindhoven, FC Groningen and Sparta Rotterdam 1971 Birthday Milko Pieren, Dutch soccer player, Sparta 1971 Birthday Mark Noordlander, soccer player, Sparta 1970 Birthday Wim Bubberman, soccer player, Sparta 1970 Birthday Winston Bogarde, soccer player, Sparta/Ajax 1970 Birthday Frank Kooiman, soccer player, Sparta 1969 Birthday Arjan van der Laan, Dutch soccer player, Sparta 1969 Birthday Dennis de Nooijer, Dutch soccer player, Sparta 1969 Birthday Gerard de Nooijer, Dutch soccer player, Sparta 1968 Birthday John Velddman, soccer player, Sparta 1967 Birthday Marco Boogers, Dutch soccer player, RKC, Sparta, West Ham United 1964 Birthday Nico Jalink, Dutch soccer player, Sparta, NAC 1963 Birthday Gerald Sandel, soccer player, Sparta 1963 Birthday Mike Snoei, born in Rotterdam, Holland, professional soccer player, coach, played for Feyenoord Rotterdam, Excelsior Rotterdam and Sparta Rotterdam 1963 Birthday Jos van Eck, Dutch soccer player, Sparta 1961 Birthday Tim Belcher, Sparta Ohio, baseball pitcher, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals 1961 Birthday Danny Blind, Dutch soccer star, Sparta/Ajax 1960 Birthday Ron van de Berg, soccer player, Sparta 1959 Birthday Edward Metgod, Dutch soccer goalie, Haarlem, Sparta 1959 Birthday Michel Valke, Dutch soccer player, Sparta, Dordrecht '90 1957 Birthday Adri van Tiggelen, Dutch soccer star, Sparta/PSV 1924 Birthday Donald "Deke" Kent Slayton, born in Sparta, Wisconsin, Major USAF/astronaut, Apollo 18 1888 Event Soccer team Sparta forms in Rotterdam 1871 Birthday Karl Liebknecht, German revolutionary marxist, Sparta Party 1864 Event Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta), Tennessee 1864 Event Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta) Tennessee 1863 Event Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta), Tennessee 1857 Birthday Edgar Stillman Kelley, Sparta Wisconsin, composer, Gulliver
