John Spencer (footballer, born 1934)

John Raymond Spencer (20 November 1934 – 22 August 2007) was an English footballer who played as a forward, appearing as an inside left, inside right or outside left.

[1] Signing for the club as an amateur in 1954, Spencer was a regular in the reserves before turning professional but remaining as a part-time player while he trained to become an accountant.

[1] After making his Football League debut in December 1954, Spencer appeared sporadically for United, and it was not until his final season that he became a regular in the first team.

[1] However, by this point Spencer had begun to struggle with injuries and was forced to retire from playing in the summer of 1957.

This biographical article related to association football in England, about a forward born in the 1930s, is a stub.