Career
Spaith played his college football first with Saint Mary"s College of California and then later transferred to University of Southern California. In 1947 he played one season in the Pacific Coast Professional Football League, with Hawaiian Warriors. Spaith was one of 14 suspended.
He joined the Calgary Stampeders in 1948 and his first two seasons were the stuff of legend.
In that victory he played all 60 minutes, and even intercepted a pass. In 1949 the Cowboys went 13–1, but lost the Grey Cup to the Montreal Alouettes.
Spaith played five more seasons with Calgary. He completed 555 of 1166 passes for 8906 yards, with 23 touchdown passes and 52 interceptions.
He also punted 397 times.
After his football career, he returned to the United States and worked in the construction business. He died, age 52, in March 1976. In 2002 he was inducted into the Stampeders Alumni Wall of Fame.