Spencer Allen Tillman was born on April 21,1964 and is an American former professional football player who played running back for eight seasons for the Houston Oilers and San Francisco 49ers in the National Football League.
15 Facts About Spencer Tillman
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Spencer Tillman received several awards during his playing career, including UPI Player of the Year in the Big Eight Conference in 1982, Big Eight Football Newcomer of the Year in 1983 and MVP of the 1987 Orange Bowl.
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Spencer Tillman was inducted into the Orange Bowl Hall of Fame in 2012.
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Spencer Tillman earned a bachelor's degree in journalism in 1986 and a bachelor's degree in communications in 1988 from the University of Oklahoma.
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Spencer Tillman was drafted in the 1987 NFL draft by the Houston Oilers as the 133rd overall pick in the fifth round.
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Spencer Tillman played for the Oilers for two seasons.
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Spencer Tillman was co-captain with Joe Montana and Ronnie Lott as part of the 49ers roster at Super Bowl XXIV when they defeated the AFC champion Denver Broncos.
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In 1992, Spencer Tillman was traded back to Houston, where he completed his playing career.
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Spencer Tillman's football and broadcasting careers developed in tandem as he hosted two radio sports-talk shows and was a reporter and anchor for a radio PM magazine in Oklahoma City prior to his television jobs.
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Spencer Tillman joined CBS Sports in 1999 as lead studio analyst for College Football Today, the network's pre-game studio show.
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Spencer Tillman, who had served as WABC-TV's weekend sports anchor in New York from 1997 to 1999 and spent 10 years as a sports anchor for KPRC-TV Houston, was paired with Tim Brando at the College Football Today desk.
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Spencer Tillman has served for four years as a reporter for the Network's NCAA tournament coverage and is an anchor for regional broadcasts on Fox Sports Networks.
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Spencer Tillman began duties as the voice of KGOW 1560 The Game, a Houston sports talk radio station, when the station launched its new format in August 2007.
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Spencer Tillman's role includes reading promotional copy for the station, as well as weekly on-air time during the football season.
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Spencer Tillman is a current co-host of KTRK's Houston Texans Inside the Game, a thirty-minute weekly post-game recap and analysis program that typically follows the station's local newscast on game days.