| Keith Spurgeon | |
| Full Name: | Keith Matthew Spurgeon |
| Birth Date: | 29 August 1932 |
| Birth Place: | Borehamwood, England |
| Death Place: | Sweden |
| Position: | Defender |
| Youthclubs1: | Tottenham Hotspur |
| Years1: | 1952–1953 |
| Clubs1: | Margate |
| Caps1: | 2 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 1953–1955 |
| Clubs2: | Leytonstone |
| Years3: | 1955–1956 |
| Clubs3: | Margate |
| Caps3: | 0 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 1956–1957 |
| Clubs4: | Folkestone Town |
| Years5: | 1957–1960 |
| Clubs5: | Herne Bay |
| Years6: | 1960 |
| Clubs6: | Snowdown Colliery Welfare |
| Years7: | 1960–? |
| Clubs7: | Clapton |
| Manageryears1: | 1961–1962 |
| Managerclubs1: | Ajax |
| Manageryears2: | 1962–1963 |
| Managerclubs2: | Blauw-Wit Amsterdam |
| Manageryears3: | 1963–1964 |
| Managerclubs3: | Heracles Almelo |
| Manageryears4: | 1964–1966 |
| Managerclubs4: | Blauw-Wit Amsterdam |
| Manageryears5: | 1966–1967 |
| Managerclubs5: | AGOVV |
| Manageryears6: | 1967–1968 |
| Managerclubs6: | Libya |
| Manageryears7: | 1968 |
| Managerclubs7: | Dallas Tornado |
| Manageryears8: | 1969–1970 |
| Managerclubs8: | KV Mechelen |
| Manageryears9: | 1970 |
| Managerclubs9: | Lierse |
| Manageryears10: | 1975 |
| Manageryears11: | 1977–1978 |
| Managerclubs11: | APOEL |
| Manageryears12: | 1979–1980 |
| Managerclubs12: | Landskrona |
Keith Matthew Spurgeon (29 August 1932[1] – December 1984) was an English football player and manager.
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]
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]
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 became a golfer.[17]