Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Nickname(s)
- Spook
- Born
- Saturday, 10th August, 1946
- Died
- Thursday, 18th February, 2021 (Aged 74 years and 192 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Known Family Links
- Father
- Jack Spencer
Biography
The son of the 1940s Balmain State and premiership-winning forward of the same name, John Spencer reached similar heights with the Tigers. After starting his career in the centres he moved to lock but a broken cheekbone cost him selection with the 1967-68 Kangaroos. Spencer played for NSW in 1969 and was a member of the team that defeated Souths in the grand final. He captained the club during the mid-1970s before taking on a player-coach position with Waratah Mayfield in the Newcastle competition in 1976. Spencer was a lower grade coach at Balmain before moving to the Entrance where he coached the club to the Central Coast premiership in 1989.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
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Competitions | ||||||||||||||
Competition | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
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Craven Mild Cup | 22 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 40.91% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 161 | 58 | 1 | 5 | 185 | 79 | 76 | 6 | 49.07% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Finals | 5 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
City vs Country Firsts | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
Interstate Matches | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Endeavour Cup | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
National Panasonic Cup | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
NSW City Firsts | 1967, 1969 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
NSW Firsts | 1969 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1967-1969 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
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NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Balmain | NSWRFL 1966 | 17 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 58.82% | List | |||
Balmain | NSWRFL 1967 | 17 | 7 | - | 1 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 52.94% | List | |||
Balmain | NSWRFL 1968 | 18 | 6 | - | 2 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
Balmain | NSWRFL 1969 | 21 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 71.43% | List | |||
Balmain | NSWRFL 1970 | 18 | 11 | - | 1 | 35 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 50.00% | List | |||
Balmain | NSWRFL 1971 | 13 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 38.46% | List | |||
Balmain | NSWRFL 1972 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33.33% | List | |||
Balmain | NSWRFL 1973 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 35.00% | List | |||
Balmain | NSWRFL 1974 | 17 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 23.53% | List | |||
Balmain | NSWRFL 1975 | 17 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 41.18% | List | |||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Balmain | 1966-75 | 161 | 58 | 1 | 5 | 185 | 79 | 76 | 6 | 49.07% | List |
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Max Turner, Paul Carter, Andrew Ferguson, Alan Katzmann, Shawn Dollin, AJ Lucantonio
Your Say
30/12/2011
John 'Spook' Spencer also captain- coached the Campbelltown City Kangaroos RLFC during the 1978 season, finishing in 3rd spot.
17/01/2017
A player that i have great memories of. Along with Garry Leo,I had the pleasure to coach and be associated with both of them at Rozelle Codocks. Two great players and good people to know. Ken W.
15/02/2018
l saw a bit of johns footy ,he played in time of good backrowers mcarthy ,sait moses just to name a couple ,he had good side step , backed up the ball carrier could run saw him score 3 trys in a game against cronulla great game a really good lock for balmain
12/02/2021
Would like to make contact .Old friends
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