Keith Spurgeon
English footballer and manager
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Keith Matthew Spurgeon (29 August 1932[1] – December 1984) was an English football player and manager.
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Spurgeon in 1964 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Keith Matthew Spurgeon[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 29 August 1932 | ||
| Place of birth | Borehamwood, England | ||
| Date of death | December 1984 (aged 52) | ||
| Place of death | Sweden | ||
| Position | 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 | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 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 | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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] Blauw-Wit Amsterdam between 1962 and 1963,[6] and again between 1964 and 1965.[7][8] He also managed Heracles Almelo from 1963[9] to 1964,[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]
Personal life
Keith was born in Borehamwood, the son of Phyllis Edith Brighton and Albert Edward Spurgeon. He was married to Sylvia May Goldsmith.[1]
He died in Sweden in 1984,[16] from motor neurone disease.[2]
His son Kevin Spurgeon became a golfer.[17]