Joe_Spence_(footballer,_born_1925)

Joe Spence (footballer, born 1925)

Joe Spence (footballer, born 1925)

English footballer

Joseph Lown Spence (13 October 1925 – December 2009) was an English footballer who played as a central defender in the Football League for York City.

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Career

A former England Schools' player, and son of Manchester United and England player Joe Spence, Spence started his football career with Chesterfield in January 1947.[2] He moved to Buxton in July 1949, after not making a single appearance at Chesterfield. Spence moved on to York City in July 1950. He was a virtual ever-present at the club during the 1951–52 and 1952–53 seasons. He left the club in the summer of 1954 to move to Burton Albion.[3]

Notes

  1. [1]
    "Joe Spence". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  2. [2]
    "Joe Spence: 1925–2009". Chesterfield F.C. 29 December 2009. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012.
  3. [3]
    Batters, Dave (1990). "York City Stars". York City: A Complete Record 1922–1990. The Breedon Books Publishing Company Limited. p. 200. ISBN 0-907969-69-0.
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