Arthur Franklin Spinney

• Death Notes
  • Obituary for Arthur:
    
    Headline: Obituary Ex-NFL lineman Arthur Spinney of Saugus, at 66
    Publication Date: May 30, 1994
    Source: Boston Herald
    Page: O45
    Subjects:
    Region: Boston Metro, Massachusetts
    Obituary: Arthur F. Spinney Jr. of Saugus, a member of the Boston College Hall of Fame who played with two NFL championship teams with the Baltimore Colts, died of a heart attack Friday at Union Hospital in Lynn. He was 66.
    Mr. Spinney was a public relations official for the Massachusetts Port Authority from 1974 until his death. Born in Saugus, he graduated from Saugus High School in 1945 and from Boston College in 1950. Mr. Spinney, who played end for Boston College, switched to left guard with the Colts and played nine years in Baltimore through 1960. The Colts were NFL champions in 1958 and 1959.
    He left the team to serve in the Army during the Korean War.
    Following his playing career, Mr. Spinney was offensive line coach with the Boston Patriots for several years. He was a member of the NFL Alumni Association and the Saugus High School Hall of Fame.
    Mr. Spinney is survived by his widow, Mary G. (Pappas) Spinney; five sons, Stephen A. of Naperville, Ill., John D. of Newburyport, Craig L. of Norwalk, Conn. and Michael A. and Neal E., both of Saugus; a daughter, Laura E. Epperly of Mahwah, N.J.; three sisters, Margaret Ellison of New Hampshire, Jean Bedrosian of Wenham and Evelyn Bangs of Saugus; and 12 grandchildren.
    A funeral service will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. in Bisbee-Porcella Funeral Home, Saugus.
    Burial will be in Riverdale Cemetery, Saugus.
    

• General Notes
  • Arthur and Mary were married on May 29, 1955 in Saugus, Massachusetts.
    Arthur F. Spinney Jr. (born November 8, 1927 in Saugus, Massachusetts, died May 27, 1994 in Lynn, Massachusetts) was a guard who played nine seasons with the Baltimore Colts in the National Football League. Spinney attended Boston College. He missed the 1951 and 1952 NFL seasons due to military service.
    
    After his career he served as an offensive line coach for Boston College and the Boston Patriots under Mike Holovak and was also a public relations official.