Sam Spencer
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Samuel Spencer[1] | ||
Date of birth | 18 January 1902[1] | ||
Place of birth | Middlesbrough, England[1] | ||
Date of death | 1987 (aged 84–85)[1] | ||
Height | 5 ft 10+1⁄2 in (1.79 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Oakhill | |||
1921–1922 | Stoke | 1 | (0) |
1923–1924 | New Brighton | 8 | (0) |
Mid Rhondda | |||
Aberdeen | |||
1928 | Bristol Rovers | 2 | (0) |
Newry Town | |||
1929–1930 | Port Vale | 0 | (0) |
1930–1931 | New Brighton | 8 | (0) |
Winsford United | |||
Total | 19 | (0) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Samuel Spencer (18 January 1902 – 1987) was an English footballer who played in the English Football League for Bristol Rovers, New Brighton and Stoke.[1]
Career
[edit]Spencer was born in Middlesbrough and joined Stoke in September 1921 from amateur side Oakhill.[1] He played once for Stoke in the 1921–22 season, in a 1–0 win against Coventry City on 11 March 1922.[3] He left the Victoria Ground at the end of the season. He went and joined New Brighton.[1] Spencer then went on to play for Mid Rhondda, Aberdeen, Bristol Rovers, Port Vale and Winsford United whilst he also had a second spell with New Brighton.[1]
Career statistics
[edit]Source:[4]
Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Stoke | 1921–22 | Second Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
New Brighton | 1923–24 | Third Division North | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
1924–25 | Third Division North | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
Total | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
Bristol Rovers | 1928–29 | Third Division South | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Port Vale | 1929–30 | Third Division North | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
New Brighton | 1931–32 | Third Division North | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. SoccerData. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
- ^ Onward (21 August 1922). "Few big transfers in the First Division of the Football League. Stoke". Athletic News. Manchester. p. 5.
- ^ Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
- ^ Sam Spencer at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
Categories:
- 1902 births
- 1987 deaths
- English men's footballers
- Footballers from Middlesbrough
- Men's association football wingers
- Stoke City F.C. players
- New Brighton A.F.C. players
- Mid Rhondda F.C. players
- Aberdeen F.C. players
- Bristol Rovers F.C. players
- Newry City F.C. players
- Port Vale F.C. players
- Winsford United F.C. players
- English Football League players
- 20th-century English sportsmen