Keith Spurgeon

Keith Matthew Spurgeon (1932[1] – December 1984) was an English football player and manager.

Keith Spurgeon
Keith Spurgeon (1964)
Personal information
Full name Keith Matthew Spurgeon
Date of birth 1932
Date of death December 1984 (aged 51–52)
Place of death Sweden
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1952–1953 Margate 2 (0)
1953–1955 Leytonstone
1955–1956 Margate 0 (0)
1956–1957 Folkestone Town
1957–1960 Herne Bay
1960 Snowdown Colliery Welfare
1960–? Clapton
Teams managed
1961–1962 Ajax
1962–1963 Blauw-Wit Amsterdam
1963–1964 Heracles Almelo
1964–1966 Blauw-Wit Amsterdam
1966–1967 AGOVV
1967–1968 Libya
1968 Dallas Tornado
1969–1970 KV Mechelen
1970 Lierse
1975 AIK
1977–1978 APOEL
1979–1980 Landskrona
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Spurgeon played for Tottenham Hotspur, Margate, Leytonstone, Folkestone Town, Herne Bay and Snowdown Colliery Welfare.[2] In October 1960 he was hired as a coach by Clapton, where he also had been used as a player to cover for injuries, on at least one occasion.[3]

Coaching career

Spurgeon was manager of Dutch clubs Ajax from 1961 to 1962,[4][5] Heracles Almelo from 1963[6] to 1964,[7] Blauw-Wit Amsterdam[8][9][10] and AGOVV[11] and he later coached the Libyan national side,[12] the Dallas Tornado of the North American Soccer League,[13] Belgian side K.V. Mechelen[14] Swedish side AIK, Cypriot side APOEL, and Landskrona, also of Sweden.[15]

Later life and death

He died in Sweden in 1984,[16] from motor neurone disease.[2]

References
  1. "Keith Matthew Spurgeon" (in Dutch). Stadsarchief Amsterdam. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  2. "Profile". Margate FC History. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  3. "Clapton Coach at Left-Half". London: Daily Telegraph. 14 October 1960. p. 10.
  4. "Coaches". AFC Ajax. Archived from the original on 2 May 2008. Retrieved 7 May 2008.
  5. "Keith Spurgeon" (in Dutch). AFC Ajax. Archived from the original on 24 May 2008. Retrieved 7 May 2008.
  6. "Delpher Kranten - De Tijd De Maasbode 07-08-1963". kb.nl.
  7. "Delpher Kranten - Limburgsch dagblad 27-05-1964". kb.nl.
  8. "Delpher Kranten - Het vrije volk : democratisch-socialistisch dagblad 20-07-1962". kb.nl.
  9. "Delpher Kranten - Het vrije volk : democratisch-socialistisch dagblad 08-06-1964". kb.nl.
  10. "Delpher Kranten - De waarheid 22-03-1966". kb.nl.
  11. "Delpher Kranten - Leeuwarder courant : hoofdblad van Friesland 20-05-1966". kb.nl.
  12. Dave Wangerin (2006). Soccer in a Football World. ISBN 9780954013479. Retrieved 9 February 2009.
  13. "Tornado Team Page". NASL Archive. Archived from the original on 25 May 2008. Retrieved 9 February 2009.
  14. "Delpher Kranten - De Telegraaf 08-01-1969". kb.nl.
  15. "GLORIA AJAX AND TOE KOMST". Sheffield FC. 20 November 2008. Retrieved 9 February 2009.
  16. "Keith Spurgeon har avlidit efter en längre tids sjukdom i en ålder av 52 år" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. 9 December 1984. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
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