Spencer Ford (American football)

{{Short description|American football player and coach (1866–1927)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1866|11|21}}

| birth_place = Camden, New York, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1927|10|8|1866|11|21}}

| death_place = Camden, New York, U.S.

| alma_mater = Colgate University (1898)

| player_years1 = {{Circa|1894}}

| player_team1 = Colgate

| coach_years1 = 1894

| coach_team1 = Colgate

| overall_record = 2–1–1

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Spencer James Ford (November 21, 1866 – October 8, 1927) was an American college football player and coach. He was the third head football coach

at Colgate University and he held that position for the 1894 season.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V5dAAAAAMAAJ&q=%22LJ+caldwell%22|title=Football: Facts and Figures|last1=Baker|first1=Louis Henry|year=1945}}{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/generalcatalogue00colgrich/generalcatalogue00colgrich_djvu.txt|title=Full text of "A general catalogue of Colgate university issued in April MCMXIII at Hamilton, New York"|accessdate=August 22, 2015}}

His coaching record at Colgate was 2–1–1.[https://web.archive.org/web/20201031084801/http://www.colgatesports.com/sports/football/2007%20Guide/2007%20FB%20Web%20Guide.pdf Colgate Sports] 2007 Football Media Guide He later lived in Astoria, Queens.