Keith Spurgeon

Keith Spurgeon
	Keith Spurgeon (1964)
Personal information
Date of birth	1933
Date of death	1990 (aged 56–57)
Place of death	Sweden
Playing position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
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

Keith Spurgeon (1933–1990) was an English football player and manager.

Playing career

Spurgeon played for Tottenham Hotspur, Margate, Leytonstone, Folkestone Town, Herne Bay and Snowdown Colliery Welfare.[1] 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.[2]

Spurgeon was manager of Dutch clubs Ajax from 1961 to 1962,[3][4] Heracles Almelo from 1963[5] to 1964,[6] Blauw-Wit Amsterdam[7][8][9] and AGOVV[10] and he later coached the Libyan national side,[11] the Dallas Tornado of the North American Soccer League,[12] Belgian side K.V. Mechelen[13] Swedish side AIK, Cypriot side APOEL, and Landskrona, also of Sweden.[14]

He died in Sweden in 1990 from motor neurone disease.[1]

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