Keith Spurgeon
Spurgeon in 1964
Personal information
Full name Keith Matthew Spurgeon[1]
Date of birth (1932-08-29)29 August 1932
Place of birth Borehamwood, England
Date of death December 1984(1984-12-00) (aged 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
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

Keith Matthew Spurgeon (29 August 1932[1] – December 1984) was an English football player and manager.

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 [nl] became a golfer.[17]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Keith Matthew Spurgeon" (in Dutch). Stadsarchief Amsterdam. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ "Spurgeon traint Blauw Wit". Het Vrije Volk : Democratisch-Socialistisch Dagblad (in Dutch). Het Vrije Volk. 20 July 1962. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Spurgeon weer naar Blauw Wit". Het Vrije Volk : Democratisch-Socialistisch Dagblad (in Dutch). Het Vrije Volk. 8 June 1964. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Spurgeon weg bij Blauw-Wit". De Waarheid (in Dutch). 22 March 1966. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Spurgeon trainer van Heracles". De Tijd De Maasbode (in Dutch). 7 August 1963. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Trainer Spurgeon verlaat Heracles". Limburgsch Dagblad (in Dutch). Limburgs Dagblad. 27 May 1964. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Engelsman Spurgeon trainer bij AGOVV". Leeuwarder Courant : Hoofdblad van Friesland (in Dutch). Leeuwarder Courant. 20 May 1966. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  12. ^ Dave Wangerin (2006). Soccer in a Football World. WSC Books Limited. 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. ^ "Spurgeon trainer bij Mechelen". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 8 January 1969. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  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.
  17. ^ "Player focus - Kevin Spurgeon". europeantour.com. 10 July 2010. Retrieved 25 August 2021.

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