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Ken Spence
Scotland international rugby union player
Ken Spence (21 November 1929 – 29 January 1989) was a Scottish international rugby union player. He played as a Scrum-half.[2]
| Birth name | Kenneth Magnus Spence | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1929-11-21)21 November 1929 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 29 January 1989(1989-01-29) (aged 59)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Loretto School, Musselburgh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Brasenose College, Oxford | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Amateur career
Spence played for London Scottish.[3]
In 1949, during a heatwave, in a London Scottish match against West of Scotland, Spence made the newspapers by having to be taken to hospital with sunstroke. He had a temperature of 103 degrees.[4]
He also played for Oxford University.[5]
Provincial career
He represented North of Scotland. He played for North against South Africa in 1951.[6]
He captained the Rest of Scotland Scotland Possibles side in an international trial match in 1952.[7]
International career
He was capped for Scotland once in 1953. He played in the Five Nations match against Ireland at Murrayfield Stadium on 28 February.[8]
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