Birth name | Kenneth Magnus Spence | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 21 November 1929 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 29 January 1989[1] | (aged 59)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Loretto School, Musselburgh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Brasenose College, Oxford | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ken Spence (21 November 1929 – 29 January 1989) was a Scottish international rugby union player. He played as a Scrum-half. [2]
Spence played for London Scottish. [3]
In 1949, during a heatwave, in a London Scottish match against West of Scotland, Spence made the newspapers by having to be taken to hospital with sunstroke. He had a temperature of 103 degrees. [4]
He also played for Oxford University. [5]
He represented North of Scotland. He played for North against South Africa in 1951. [6]
He captained the Rest of Scotland Scotland Possibles side in an international trial match in 1952. [7]
He was capped for Scotland once in 1953. He played in the Five Nations match against Ireland at Murrayfield Stadium on 28 February. [8]
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Birth name | Kenneth Magnus Spence | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 21 November 1929 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 29 January 1989[1] | (aged 59)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Loretto School, Musselburgh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Brasenose College, Oxford | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ken Spence (21 November 1929 – 29 January 1989) was a Scottish international rugby union player. He played as a Scrum-half. [2]
Spence played for London Scottish. [3]
In 1949, during a heatwave, in a London Scottish match against West of Scotland, Spence made the newspapers by having to be taken to hospital with sunstroke. He had a temperature of 103 degrees. [4]
He also played for Oxford University. [5]
He represented North of Scotland. He played for North against South Africa in 1951. [6]
He captained the Rest of Scotland Scotland Possibles side in an international trial match in 1952. [7]
He was capped for Scotland once in 1953. He played in the Five Nations match against Ireland at Murrayfield Stadium on 28 February. [8]
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