Tommy Spinks

American football player (1948–2007)

Tommy Spinks
Career information
Date of birth	(1948-10-29)October 29, 1948
Place of birth	Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.
Date of death	August 26, 2007(2007-08-26) (aged 58)
Place of death	Arlington, Texas, U.S.
Position(s)	Wide receiver
US college	Louisiana Tech Bulldogs
NFL draft	1970 / Round: 14th / Pick: 363rd
Career history
As player
1970	Minnesota Vikings

Thomas Allen Spinks, known as Tommy Spinks (October 29, 1948 – August 26, 2007), was an American football wide receiver. He played college football for the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs.

Spinks set two records in the 1968 Grantland Rice Bowl, when he caught 12 passes for 167 yards. After his Tech career, Spinks was selected in the 1970 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings, but never played in an NFL game. Spinks was inducted into the Louisiana Tech University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1988.