Jack Spencer

Jackson Masten Spencer, Jr.


Born:
April 25, 1923
Davenport, IA

Died:
June 15, 2004
Davenport, IA


Career
1939-40 Davenport High School - Iowa (High School)
1940-41 Davenport High School - Iowa (High School)
1941-42 Davenport High School - Iowa (High School)
1943-44 University of Iowa (College)
1944-45 University of Iowa (College)
1946-47 University of Iowa (College)
1947-48 University of Iowa (College)
1948-49 Waterloo Hawks (NBL)
1949-50 University of Iowa (College) Assistant coach
1953-54 Iowa Wesleyan (College) Head coach
1954-55 Iowa Wesleyan (College) Head coach
1955-56 Iowa Wesleyan (College) Head coach 
1956-57 Iowa Wesleyan (College) Head coach
1957-58 Iowa Wesleyan (College) Head coach
1958-59 Iowa Wesleyan (College) Head coach
1959-60 University of Nevada (College) Head coach
1960-61 University of Nevada (College) Head coach
1961-62 University of Nevada (College) Head coach
1962-63 University of Nevada (College) Head coach
1963-64 University of Nevada (College) Head coach
1964-65 University of Nevada (College) Head coach
1965-66 University of Nevada (College) Head coach
1966-67 University of Nevada (College) Head coach
1967-68 University of Nevada (College) Head coach
1968-69 University of Nevada (College) Head coach
1969-70 University of Nevada (College) Head coach
1970-71 University of Nevada (College) Head coach
1971-72 University of Nevada (College) Head coach
1972-73 University of Nevada (College) Assistant coach
1973-74 University of Nevada (College) Assistant coach
1974-75 University of Nevada (College) Assistant coach
1975-76 University of Nevada (College) Assistant coach
1976-77 University of Nevada (College) Assistant coach
1977-78 University of Nevada (College) Assistant coach
1978-79 University of Nevada (College) Assistant coach
1979-80 University of Nevada (College) Assistant coach
1980-81 University of Nevada (College) Assistant coach
1981-82 University of Nevada (College) Assistant coach
1982-83 University of Nevada (College) Assistant coach
1983-84 University of Nevada (College) Assistant coach
1984-85 University of Nevada (College) Assistant coach
1985-86 University of Nevada (College) Assistant coach
1986-87 University of Nevada (College) Assistant coach
1987-88 University of Nevada (College) Assistant coach

Born to Jackson and Dorothy Spencer in Davenport, Iowa. Some sources list him as being born in 1925, but his obituary says he was 81 when he died, other ancestry records say 1923, and the Mason City Globe Gazette from April 3, 1942, says he was 18. In May of 1945, Spencer was declared academically ineligible and was dropped from the baseball and basketball teams. He briefly played for Waterloo before embarking on long career as a collegiate coach, culminating in over 25 years at Nevada as assistant and head coach. He died of emphysema in 2004.

He was married to Maureen.




Source:
ESPN Obituary
Mason City Globe Gazette (Iowa), April 3, 1942

Stats:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/nbl/players/s/spencja01n.html
http://www.justsportsstats.com/basketballstatsindex.php?player_id=spencja01