Alberto Spencer - Trivia

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  • In one of the exhibition tours that Peñarol did in Colombia, one of the Millonarios players, Flaco Néstor Rossi, launched a horror-tackle on Spencer that went unpunished. Soon afterward, one of Spencer's friends in Peñarol, Jose Pepe Sasía, ran after him, grabbed his neck and said:
“ The next time you hit the blackie I will kill you, because he is the one that feeds us ”
  • Pelé, interview with Pablo Forlan said:
“ Someone that headed better than me was Spencer. I was good (in heading), but he was spectacular heading the ball. In general, he would do it with a burst, but without actually sprinting. ”
  • Spencer was red carded twice in his career at a league match defending Peñarol. Three days later the team had to travel for a Copa Libertadores match, but Spencer didn't go, saying that he was too ashamed because of his expulsion. The other one, was on a crucial qualifiying match for 1966 World Cup against Chile, because he hit Humberto Cruz on his face, in 1965, in a final match in Lima, Perú
  • His debut at Peñarol was in a friendly against Argentine team Atlanta (striped blue and yellow) where Peñarol wore for first and last time a plain red jersey (one of the colours of the long hated arch-rival Nacional). Peñarol won 6-2 with a Spencer hat-trick.
  • Upon Spencer's death, the Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol decided to change the name of the Estadio Modelo in Guayaquil to Estadio Modelo Alberto Spencer Herrera in his honour.

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