Willie Spencer
Willie Thomas Spencer
Born: January 28, 1953
Massillon, OH USA
Deceased: September 19, 2021
Position: RB
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 235
College: none
High School: Washington (Massillon, OH)
Career: 1974-1978
Willie Spencer played from 1974 to 1978 during his career with the Memphis Southmen, Minnesota Vikings and New York Giants. Spencer ran for 1,616 yards in his career on 382 attempts, scoring 22 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 35 passes for 320 yards.
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | WFL Memphis Southmen | 178 | 788 | 4.4 | 30 | 15 |
| 1975 | WFL Memphis Southmen | 100 | 581 | 5.8 | 33 | 2 |
| 1976 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | NFL New York Giants | 62 | 184 | 3.0 | 9 | 3 |
| 1978 | NFL New York Giants | 38 | 61 | 1.6 | 9 | 2 |
| WFL | 278 | 1369 | 4.9 | 33 | 17 | |
| NFL | 104 | 247 | 2.4 | 9 | 5 | |
| Totals | 382 | 1616 | 4.2 | 33 | 22 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | WFL Memphis Southmen | 11 | 139 | 12.6 | 34 | 0 |
| 1975 | WFL Memphis Southmen | 18 | 136 | 7.6 | 13 | 0 |
| 1977 | NFL New York Giants | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 15 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 22 | 0 |
| WFL | 29 | 275 | 9.5 | 34 | 0 | |
| NFL | 6 | 45 | 7.5 | 22 | 0 | |
| Totals | 35 | 320 | 9.1 | 34 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | WFL Memphis Southmen | 4 | 85 | 21.2 | 21 | 0 |
| 1977 | NFL New York Giants | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 16 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| WFL | 4 | 85 | 21.2 | 21 | 0 | |
| NFL | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 16 | 0 | |
| Totals | 8 | 143 | 17.9 | 21 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1977 | NFL New York Giants | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1978 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| NFL | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1974 | WFL Memphis Southmen | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 109 | ||
| 1975 | WFL Memphis Southmen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | ||
| 1977 | NFL New York Giants | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| 1978 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| WFL | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 125 | |
| NFL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |
| Totals | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 138 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | WFL | Memphis Southmen | 16 | |
| 1975 | WFL | Memphis Southmen | 11 | |
| 1976 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | NFL | New York Giants | 13 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL | New York Giants | 15 | 0 |
