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Keith Spurgeon

Keith Spurgeon

English footballer and manager

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

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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

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    "Keith Matthew Spurgeon" (in Dutch). Stadsarchief Amsterdam. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Profile". Margate FC History. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
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    "Clapton Coach at Left-Half". London: Daily Telegraph. 14 October 1960. p. 10.
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    "Coaches". AFC Ajax. Archived from the original on 2 May 2008. Retrieved 7 May 2008.
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    "Keith Spurgeon" (in Dutch). AFC Ajax. Archived from the original on 24 May 2008. Retrieved 7 May 2008.
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    "Spurgeon traint Blauw Wit". Het Vrije Volk : Democratisch-Socialistisch Dagblad (in Dutch). Het Vrije Volk. 20 July 1962. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
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    "Spurgeon weer naar Blauw Wit". Het Vrije Volk : Democratisch-Socialistisch Dagblad (in Dutch). Het Vrije Volk. 8 June 1964. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
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    "Spurgeon weg bij Blauw-Wit". De Waarheid (in Dutch). 22 March 1966. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
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    "Spurgeon trainer van Heracles". De Tijd De Maasbode (in Dutch). 7 August 1963. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
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    "Trainer Spurgeon verlaat Heracles". Limburgsch Dagblad (in Dutch). Limburgs Dagblad. 27 May 1964. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
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    "Engelsman Spurgeon trainer bij AGOVV". Leeuwarder Courant : Hoofdblad van Friesland (in Dutch). Leeuwarder Courant. 20 May 1966. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
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    Dave Wangerin (2006). Soccer in a Football World. WSC Books Limited. ISBN 9780954013479. Retrieved 9 February 2009.
  13. [13]
    "Tornado Team Page". NASL Archive. Archived from the original on 25 May 2008. Retrieved 9 February 2009.
  14. [14]
    "Spurgeon trainer bij Mechelen". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 8 January 1969. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  15. [15]
    "GLORIA AJAX AND TOE KOMST". Sheffield FC. 20 November 2008. Retrieved 9 February 2009.
  16. [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. [17]
    "Player focus - Kevin Spurgeon". europeantour.com. 10 July 2010. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
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