John Spencer (Australian footballer)

John Spencer
John Spencer
Personal information
Full name	John Spencer
Date of birth	7 August 1927
Date of death	3 April 1998 (aged 70)
Original team(s)	Brunswick
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Position(s)	Rover
Playing career1
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1954.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Last updated April 12, 2019

John Spencer (7 August 1927 – 3 April 1998) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, or simply called Aussie rules, football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of eighteen players on an oval-shaped field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by kicking the oval-shaped ball between goal posts or between behind posts.

The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1864 in Carlton, an inner suburb of Melbourne, the club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the competition's eight founding member clubs in 1897.

The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body, and is responsible for controlling the laws of the game. The league was founded as the Victorian Football League (VFL) as a breakaway from the previous Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season commencing in 1897. Originally comprising only teams based in the Australian state of Victoria, the competition's name was changed to the Australian Football League for the 1990 season, after expanding to other states throughout the 1980s.

Notes

↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 787. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.

External links

John Spencer's playing statistics from AFL Tables
John Spencer's profile at Blueseum

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[encyc-1] Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 787. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.