Espey, Lance
unknown – unknown
- Name variants
- —
- Record count
- 8
- Sources
- life_events
- Places seen
- Cape Girardeau; Dexter; Dexter MO; Dexter, MO; Poplar Bluff, Missouri
- First event date
- 1977-09-13
- Last event date
- 1977-12-09
Timeline — 8 events
- 1977-09-13 Dexter Bearcats football player; scored a 72-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter against Cape Girardeau Central; named an offensive threat alongside Rick Guilliams and Kevin Orr.
- 1977-09-16 Dexter Bearcats quarterback Lance Espey took a blow to his right arm during the Dexter-Cape Central football game and was experiencing discomfort; also bothered somewhat by his passing arm; later fumbled the ball, recovered by Cape
- 1977-09-26 Dexter Bearcats senior quarterback hurt his right shoulder late in the fourth quarter of the 36-7 win over Illmo-Scott City; taken to Dexter Memorial Hospital by ambulance before the game ended; expected to miss at least four weeks of play
- 1977-09-27 Dexter Bearcats senior quarterback Lance Espey cracked his collarbone Friday night, Sept. 23, 1977, in the varsity Illinois-Scott City game; second broken collarbone in two games for the Bearcats.
- 1977-10-24 Veteran senior quarterback led the Dexter Bearcats to their best scoring show since he injured his collarbone in the Illmo-Scott City game three weeks earlier; scored on an 11-yard run (Dexter's first touchdown) and converted two-point attempts in the 49-30 loss at Poplar Bluff.
- 1977-10-28 Dexter Bearcats probable lineup (quarterback) for homecoming game vs Perryville Pirates, Fri Oct 28 1977, Dexter High School. Calling signals for the Bearcats, per sports editor Cherie Stone.
- 1977-11-25 Dexter Bearcats tied the Perryville Pirates 20-20 in the homecoming football game (by Kevin Brown, Bearcat Sports). Lance Espey scored Dexter's first touchdown on a 31-yard run; Rick Guilliams ran 94 yards to tie the score 20-20; Kevin Orr fumbled the football late and a Pirate player recovered. For Perryville, quarterback Stuart Prevallett (surname uncertain, newsprint reads 'Prevallett') scrambled in for a score and threw a 40-yard touchdown pass to Bart Ackley. Perryville's kicker missed a 15-yard extra-point try with 7 seconds left.
- 1977-12-09 Voted second team all-conference as a senior quarterback at Dexter High School (Bearcats); gained 752 yards rushing for the season.
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