SOCCER PLAYER

Joe Spence

1898 - 1966

Joe Spence

Joseph Waters Spence (15 December 1898 – 31 December 1966) was an English footballer. Manchester United purchased Spence from Scotswood in March 1919. His first game for the club came on 30 August 1919 against Derby County, at the start of the first Football League season after the First World War. He scored 168 goals and made 510 appearances for Manchester United; at the time of his departure in 1933, both were club records. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joe Spence is the 1,530th most popular soccer player (up from 4,817th in 2019), the 2,713th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,841st in 2019) and the 102nd most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Joe Spence ranks 1,530 out of 21,273. Before him are Hannes Löhr, Aljoša Asanović, Justo Tejada, Massimo Ambrosini, Ivan Bek, and Hans-Jörg Butt. After him are Salvador Artigas, Juanito, Thomas Gravesen, António Simões, Vladimír Weiss, and Pierre van Hooijdonk.

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Hannes Löhr
1942 - 2016
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 1,527
Aljoša Asanović
1965 - Present
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 1,528
Justo Tejada
1933 - 2021
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 1,529
Massimo Ambrosini
1977 - Present
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 1,530
Ivan Bek
1909 - 1963
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 1,531
Hans-Jörg Butt
1974 - Present
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 1,532
Joe Spence
1898 - 1966
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 1,533
Salvador Artigas
1913 - 1997
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 1,534
Juanito
1954 - 1992
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 1,535
Thomas Gravesen
1976 - Present
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 1,536
António Simões
1943 - Present
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 1,537
Vladimír Weiss
1939 - 2018
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 1,538
Pierre van Hooijdonk
1969 - Present
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 1,539

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Joe Spence ranks 144. Before him are Allen Woodring, Franz Bäke, Grace Moore, Luís Carlos Prestes, Helene Engelmann, and Eero Lehtonen. After him are Walther von Hünersdorff, Johan Richthoff, Mikhail Koltsov, Eduard Pütsep, Maria Klenova, and Helen B. Taussig. Among people deceased in 1966, Joe Spence ranks 117. Before him are Felix von Luckner, Lenny Bruce, Agostinho Fortes Filho, Natacha Rambova, Julie Manet, and Vicente Rojo Lluch. After him are Erich Pommer, C. S. Forester, Anna Langfus, Arthur Waley, Mehmet Fuat Köprülü, and Alfred Berger.

Others Born in 1898

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Allen Woodring
ATHLETE
1898 - 1982
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 138
Franz Bäke
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1898 - 1978
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 139
Grace Moore
ACTOR
1898 - 1947
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 140
Luís Carlos Prestes
POLITICIAN
1898 - 1990
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 141
Helene Engelmann
SKATER
1898 - 1985
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 142
Eero Lehtonen
ATHLETE
1898 - 1959
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 143
Joe Spence
SOCCER PLAYER
1898 - 1966
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 144
Walther von Hünersdorff
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1898 - 1943
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 145
Johan Richthoff
WRESTLER
1898 - 1983
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 146
Mikhail Koltsov
WRITER
1898 - 1940
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 147
Eduard Pütsep
WRESTLER
1898 - 1960
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 148
Maria Klenova
GEOLOGIST
1898 - 1976
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 149
Helen B. Taussig
PHYSICIAN
1898 - 1986
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 150