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Ollie Spencer
American football player and coach (1931–1991) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oliver Spencer (April 17, 1931 – April 28, 1991) was an American National Football League (NFL) tackle and assistant coach. He played eight seasons in the NFL, with the Detroit Lions (1953 and 1956), the Green Bay Packers (1957 and 1958), the Detroit Lions again (1959, 1960 and 1961), and the Oakland Raiders (1963). Later, he was an assistant coach for the Raiders for seventeen seasons.[1]
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Born: | (1931-04-17)April 17, 1931 Hopewell, Kansas, U.S. |
Died: | April 28, 1991(1991-04-28) (aged 60) Danville, California, U.S. |
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College: | Kansas |
Position: | Tackle |
NFL draft: | 1953 / Round: 6 / Pick: 73 |
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Spencer died of a heart attack on April 28, 1991.[2]