Joe Spence | |
Fullname: | Joseph Lown Spence |
Birth Date: | 13 October 1925 |
Birth Place: | Salford, England |
Death Place: | Chesterfield, England |
Position: | Central defender |
Years1: | 1945–1949 |
Caps1: | 0 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 1949 |
Years3: | 1950–1954 |
Caps3: | 110 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | – |
Clubs4: | Burton Albion |
Years5: | 1956–1957 |
Clubs5: | Macclesfield Town |
Caps5: | 39 |
Goals5: | 0 |
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.
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.[1] 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.[2]