fullname death_date death_place caps birth_place goals height position birth_date article_title name
john raymond spencer 22 august 2007 sheffield , england 24 sheffield , england 10 6 0 forward 22 november 1934 john spencer -lrb- footballer , born 1934 -rrb-
 john spencer
john spencer -lrb- footballer , born 1934 -rrb-

john raymond spencer -lrb- 20 november 1934 -- 22 august 2007 -rrb- was an english footballer who played as a forward , appearing as an inside left , inside right or outside left .
born in sheffield , spencer spent his entire playing career with home-town club sheffield united .
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 .
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 .
however , by this point spencer had begun to struggle with injuries and was forced to retire from playing in the summer of 1957 .
