Keith Spurgeon

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

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

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]