Spencer Ford
{{Short description|American lacrosse player}}
{{for|the American football coach|Spencer Ford (American football)}}
{{Infobox lacrosse player
|image =
|image_size = 150px |
| position = Attack
|| shoots =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0
| weight_lb = 200
| nll_team =
| former_nll_teams =
| mll_team = Washington Bayhawks
| former_mll_teams = Long Island Lizards
Los Angeles Riptide
Rochester Rattlers
Baltimore Bayhawks
| league= Former NCAA
| team= Towson University
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|04|20|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Towson, Maryland
| nationality = American
| career_start = 2001
| career_end = 2009
| nickname =
}}
Spencer Ford (born April 20, 1976) is a professional lacrosse player who played in the Major League Lacrosse for the Baltimore/Washington Bayhawks, Los Angeles Riptide, and the Rochester Rattlers.{{cite web |url=http://lariptide.com/team/Roster/?id=490|title=Spencer Ford's Player Bio |accessdate=2007-12-06 |last= |first= |date= |format= |work=LARiptide.com|publisher= |quote= }} He then went into coaching and management before being named the head coach of the Philadelphia Barrage in 2020.{{Cite web |url=https://majorleaguelacrosse.com/news/2020/2/17/the-philadelphia-barrage-are-back.aspx |title=The Philadelphia Barrage are Back |website=MLL |date=February 17, 2020}}
College career
Ford attended Towson University, where as a senior in 1999, he recorded 53 assists for a nation's leading 4.08 assists per game, ranking tenth all-time in NCAA Division I lacrosse. On March 20, 1999 he recorded 13 points (5 goals & 8 assists), which is the second highest points per game by an individual.{{cite web |url=https://www.ncaa.org/library/records/lacrosse/lacrosse_records_book/index.html|title=NCAA Men's and Women's Lacrosse Records Book Archive |accessdate=2007-12-06 |last= |first= |date= |work=NCAA.org|publisher= |quote= |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181829/http://www.ncaa.org/library/records/lacrosse/lacrosse_records_book/index.html |archivedate = 2007-09-30}} While at Towson, he was named to the All-Conference team three times.
Professional career
Ford began his pro lacrosse career in 2001 with the Baltimore Bayhawks, appearing in one game. He did not appear in another game until the 2006 MLL season, when Ford joined the Rochester Rattlers for a single game before being picked up by the Riptide for the remainder of the season. The 2007 season was a break-out season for Ford. He was named as Offensive Player of the Week on July 30, named to the 2007 All-Star Game, and broke Conor Gill's league assist record (40) with a 47 assist season. After the season, he was awarded with the Major League Lacrosse Most Improved Player of the Year Award.{{cite web |url=http://majorleaguelacrosse.com/news/pressreleases/index.html?article_id=782|title=Spencer Ford Named As 2007 Warrior Most Improved Player of the Year|accessdate=2007-08-20 |last= |first= |date=August 16, 2007 |format= |work=MajorLeagueLacrosse.com|publisher= |quote= }}
Statistics
=MLL=
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! colspan="2" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="7" | Regular Season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="7" | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||
| ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Season !! Team !! GP !! G !! 2ptG !! A !! Pts !! LB !! PIM !! GP !! G !! 2ptG !! A !! Pts !! LB !! PIM | |||||||||||||||
| ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2001 | Baltimore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ALIGN="center"
| 2006 | Rochester | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ALIGN="center"
| 2006 | Los Angeles | 6 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2007 | Los Angeles | 12 | 13 | 0 | 47 | 60 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| ALIGN="center"
| 2009 | Washington | 6 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="2" | MLL Totals !! 26 !! 24 !! 0 !! 74 !! 98 !! 31 !! 3 !! 2 !! 2 !! 0 !! 6 !! 8 !! 4 !! 0 |
References
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Category:Towson Tigers men's lacrosse players
Category:Major League Lacrosse players
Category:American lacrosse players
Category:Major League Lacrosse major award winners
Category:Lacrosse players from Maryland
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