| 词条 | Tommy Spence |
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}}Thomas Louis "Tommy" Spence (April 17, 1896 – November 27, 1918) was a college football player. Spence also played on the baseball, basketball, and track teams.[1] Georgia TechFootballSpence was a prominent fullback for John Heisman's Georgia Tech Golden Tornado of the Georgia Institute of Technology from 1914 to 1916 . He was posthumously elected to the Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame in 1976.[2] 1915In 1915, near the end of the LSU game, he returned an interception 85 yards.[3] He made a 40-yard drop kick field goal against North Carolina.[4] 1916Spence was a starter for the 1916 team which, as one writer wrote, "seemed to personify Heisman."[5] In Georgia Tech's record-setting 222-0 win over Cumberland College in 1916, Spence scored the second-most behind Everett Strupper when he netted five touchdowns.[6] He was selected All-Southern that season.[7] Walter Camp gave him honorable mention. First World WarSpence was a casualty of the First World War.[8] He is the namesake of Spence Air Base.[9] References1. ^{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1126&dat=19181218&id=a5VRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VGgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4573,4884976|title=Thomas Spence Killed In Airplane Accident|date=December 18, 1918|work=The Gazette Times}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ramblinwreck.com/extras/local/halloffame.html|title=Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame}} 3. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5156730/the_charlotte_news/|work=The Charlotte News|title=Georgia Techs Walloped Tigers of Louisiana|page=10|date=October 24, 1915|accessdate=May 4, 2016|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} 4. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5076661/the_charlotte_news/|title=Possessing No Offense and a Weak Defense, Carolina Proved Easy For The Jackets|work=Charlotte News|accessdate=April 27, 2016|date=October 31, 1915|page=12}} {{Open access}} 5. ^{{Cite book|title = Heisman: The Man Behind the Trophy|last = Heisman|first = John M.|publisher = |year = |isbn = 9781451682915|location = |pages = 144|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=yjYn6FVEqCQC&pg=PA144#v=onepage&q&f=false|date = 2012-10-02}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ramblinwreck.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/100606aab.html|title=A Monumental Victory|date=October 6, 2006}} 7. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=F_WfAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA167#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Intercollegiate Athletic Calendar|volume=1|page=167|year=1917}} 8. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QWv3BlnItIEC&pg=PA141#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Creating the Big Game: John W. Heisman and the Invention of American Football|author=Wiley Lee Umphlett|page=141|isbn=9780313284045|year=1992}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.spence-air-base.com/|title=Spence Air Base}} External links
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