Tommy Spence
American football player (1896–1918)
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Thomas Louis Spence (April 17, 1896 – November 27, 1918) was an American college football player. Spence also played on the baseball, basketball, and track teams.[1]
Thomasville, Georgia, U.S.
France
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| Position | Fullback |
| Personal information | |
| Born | April 17, 1896 Thomasville, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | November 27, 1918 (aged 22) France |
| Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Listed weight | 168 lb (76 kg) |
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| College | Georgia Tech (1914–1916) |
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Georgia Tech
Football
Spence was a prominent fullback for John Heisman's Georgia Tech Golden Tornado of the Georgia Institute of Technology from 1914 to 1916 . He was posthumously elected to the Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame in 1976.[2]
1915
In 1915, near the end of the LSU game, he returned an interception 85 yards.[3] He made a 40-yard drop kick field goal against North Carolina.[4]
1916
Spence was a starter for the 1916 team which, as one writer wrote, "seemed to personify Heisman."[5] In Georgia Tech's record-setting 222-0 win over Cumberland College in 1916, Spence scored the second-most behind Everett Strupper when he netted five touchdowns.[6] He was selected All-Southern that season.[7] Walter Camp gave him honorable mention.
World War I
Spence was a casualty of the World War I.[8] He is the namesake of Spence Air Base.[9]
