Tom Spence
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 4 January 1960 | ||
Place of birth | Airdrie, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 28 April 2012 | (aged 52)||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Youth career | |||
Glenboig | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1982–1988 | Stirling Albion | 147 | (6) |
1988 | Alloa Athletic | 1 | (0) |
1988 | Cowdenbeath | 2 | (0) |
1988–1989 | Clydebank | 29 | (4) |
1989–1990 | Clyde | 12 | (0) |
1990–1991 | Kilmarnock | 50 | (1) |
1991–1993 | East Fife | 58 | (1) |
1993–1994 | Albion Rovers | 12 | (0) |
Total | 311 | (12) | |
Managerial career | |||
1994–1995 | Albion Rovers | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Tom Spence (4 January 1960 – 28 April 2012) was a Scottish football player and manager.[1] He was born in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire. Spence played for Stirling Albion, Clydebank, Clyde and Kilmarnock and was captain of the Stirling Albion team which defeated Selkirk 20–0 in 1984.[2]
Former Cumnock, Thorniewood and Dunipace boss Tom - or Tam as he was better known - Spence died suddenly overnight, at the age of just 52.
References
[edit]- ^ "Tom Spence". Cumnock Juniors FC. 25 April 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2012. [dead link]
- ^ "Albion Rovers survival hopes hit - Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser". www.acadvertiser.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013.
External links
[edit]- Tom Spence at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
Categories:
- 1960 births
- 2012 deaths
- Footballers from Airdrie, North Lanarkshire
- Scottish men's footballers
- Stirling Albion F.C. players
- Alloa Athletic F.C. players
- Cowdenbeath F.C. players
- Clydebank F.C. (1965) players
- Clyde F.C. players
- Kilmarnock F.C. players
- East Fife F.C. players
- Albion Rovers F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- Scottish football managers
- Albion Rovers F.C. managers
- Scottish Football League managers
- Men's association football fullbacks
- 20th-century Scottish sportsmen