| Date of birth | October 29, 1948 |
|---|---|
| Place of birth | Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Date of death | August 26, 2007 (aged 58) |
| Place of death | Arlington, Texas, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| Position(s) | Wide receiver |
| US college | Louisiana Tech Bulldogs |
| NFL draft | 1970 / Round: 14th / Pick: 363rd |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1970 | Minnesota Vikings |
Thomas Allen Spinks, known as Tommy Spinks (October 29, 1948 – August 26, 2007), was an American football wide receiver. He played college football for the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs.
Spinks set two records in the 1968 Grantland Rice Bowl, when he caught 12 passes for 167 yards. After his Tech career, Spinks was selected in the 1970 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings, but never played in an NFL game. Spinks was inducted into the Louisiana Tech University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1988.
- "Tech Gridders Feted", Ruston Daily Leader, January 21, 1970
- 1948 births
- 2007 deaths
- Players of American football from Shreveport, Louisiana
- Players of American football from Arlington, Texas
- American health care businesspeople
- Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football players
- American magazine publishers (people)
- Minnesota Vikings players
- American United Methodists
- 20th-century Methodists
- 21st-century Methodists
| Date of birth | October 29, 1948 |
|---|---|
| Place of birth | Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Date of death | August 26, 2007 (aged 58) |
| Place of death | Arlington, Texas, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| Position(s) | Wide receiver |
| US college | Louisiana Tech Bulldogs |
| NFL draft | 1970 / Round: 14th / Pick: 363rd |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1970 | Minnesota Vikings |
Thomas Allen Spinks, known as Tommy Spinks (October 29, 1948 – August 26, 2007), was an American football wide receiver. He played college football for the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs.
Spinks set two records in the 1968 Grantland Rice Bowl, when he caught 12 passes for 167 yards. After his Tech career, Spinks was selected in the 1970 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings, but never played in an NFL game. Spinks was inducted into the Louisiana Tech University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1988.
- "Tech Gridders Feted", Ruston Daily Leader, January 21, 1970
- 1948 births
- 2007 deaths
- Players of American football from Shreveport, Louisiana
- Players of American football from Arlington, Texas
- American health care businesspeople
- Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football players
- American magazine publishers (people)
- Minnesota Vikings players
- American United Methodists
- 20th-century Methodists
- 21st-century Methodists