For the Scottish rugby union player, see Tommy Spinks (rugby union).
Tommy Spinks
Date of birth
(1948-10-29)October 29, 1948
Place of birth
Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.
Date of death
August 26, 2007(2007-08-26) (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.
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