Tom Spence (4 January 1960 – 28 April 2012) was a Scottish

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player and

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. He was born in

Airdrie, North Lanarkshire Airdrie (; ; ) is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It lies on a plateau 400 ft (130 m) above sea level, 12 miles (19 km) east of Glasgow. , it had a population of 37,130. Airdrie developed as a market town in the late 17th ce ...

. Spence played for

Stirling Albion Stirling Albion Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the city of Stirling. The club was founded in 1945 following the demise of King's Park after World War II. The club currently competes in as a member of the Scottish Profession ...

Clydebank Clydebank () is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Situated on the north bank of the River Clyde, it borders the village of Old Kilpatrick (with Bowling, West Dunbartonshire, Bowling and Milton, West Dunbartonshire, Milton beyond) to the w ...

, Clyde and

Kilmarnock Kilmarnock ( ; ; , ), meaning "the church of Mernóc", is a town and former burgh in East Ayrshire situated in southwest Scotland. The town has served as the administrative centre of East Ayrshire Council since 1996 and is the region's main ...

and was captain of the Stirling Albion team which defeated Selkirk 20–0 in 1984. Former Cumnock, Thorniewood and Dunipace boss Tom - or Tam as he was better known - Spence died suddenly overnight, at the age of just 52.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Spence, Tom 1960 births 2012 deaths Footballers from Airdrie, North Lanarkshire Scottish men's footballers Stirling Albion F.C. players Alloa Athletic F.C. players Cowdenbeath F.C. players Clydebank F.C. (1965) players Clyde F.C. players Kilmarnock F.C. players East Fife F.C. players Albion Rovers F.C. players Scottish Football League players Scottish football managers Albion Rovers F.C. managers Scottish Football League managers Men's association football fullbacks 20th-century Scottish sportsmen