John 'Spook' Spencer - one of the heroes of the Balmain Tigers 'Miracle of 1969' - has died.
Spencer, aged 74, passed away after a long illness yesterday.
A hard-working back-rower, Spencer was Balmain royalty.
His father Jack was a club great in the 1940s and '50s, playing 149 games for the club.
John went one better, playing 150. Both were one-club men, playing all their football for the black and golds.
https://twitter.com/9_Moley/status/1362500940637462528Spencer is best remembered for the 1969 grand final, in which the Tigers - rank outsiders - scored an upset 11-2 win over the star-studded South Sydney side.
It remains the biggest boilover in grand final history.
After leaving the Tigers in 1975, Spencer moved to Newcastle, where he captain-coached Waratah Mayfield before returning to Sydney to coach the Tigers in the lower grades.
A former Balmain captain, he is also a member of the club's Hall of Fame.
from WWOS https://wwos.nine.com.au/nrl/balmain-tigers-legend-john-spencer-dead-miracle-of-1969-hall-of-famer/23d16943-3ced-4c40-8d65-c275fffc5f88
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