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Born: | Hopewell, Kansas, U.S. | April 17, 1931
Died: | April 28, 1991 Danville, California, U.S. | (aged 60)
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College: | Kansas |
Position: | Tackle |
NFL draft: | 1953 / Round: 6 / Pick: 73 |
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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]
Spencer died of a heart attack on April 28, 1991. [2]