Jack Spinks
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No. 37, 61, 62, 68 | |||||||||
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Position: | Fullback | ||||||||
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Born: | Toomsuba, Mississippi, U.S. | February 4, 1930||||||||
Died: | September 29, 1994 Jackson, Mississippi, U.S. | (aged 64)||||||||
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College: | Alcorn State | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 1952 / round: 11 / pick: 126 | ||||||||
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John Robert Spinks (August 15, 1930 – September 29, 1994) was a professional American football fullback in the National Football League (NFL). He played five seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers (1952), the Chicago Cardinals (1953), the Green Bay Packers (1955–1956), and the New York Giants (1956–1957). The stadium for the Alcorn State Braves is named in honor of Jack Spinks.
Categories:
- 1930 births
- 1994 deaths
- People from Lauderdale County, Mississippi
- Players of American football from Mississippi
- American football fullbacks
- Alcorn State Braves football players
- Pittsburgh Steelers players
- Chicago Cardinals players
- Green Bay Packers players
- New York Giants players
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American football running back, 1930s birth stubs