Tommy Spence
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| Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | |
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| Position | Fullback |
| Class | 1917 |
| Career history | |
| College | Georgia Tech (1914–1916) |
| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | April 17, 1896 |
| Place of birth | Thomasville, Georgia |
| Date of death | November 27, 1918 (aged 22) |
| Place of death | France |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight | 168 lb (76 kg) |
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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.
Spence was a prominent fullback for John Heisman's Georgia Tech Golden Tornado of the Georgia Institute of Technology. He was posthumously elected to the Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame in 1976.
Spence was a starter for the 1916 Georgia Tech team which, as one writer wrote, "seemed to personify Heisman." 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. He was selected All-Southern that season.Walter Camp gave him honorable mention.
Spence was a casualty of the First World War. He is the namesake of Spence Air Base.
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