Billy Spurdle

Wing half, Football player

1926 – 2011

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Who was Billy Spurdle?

William "Billy" Spurdle is a former football player, who played as a wing half. He scored 63 goals in 381 league appearances in a 16-year professional career in the Football League.

He started his career with Oldham Athletic in 1947, before winning a £12,000 move to Manchester City two years later. He helped the club to win promotion out of the Second Division in the 1950–51 campaign, and went on to feature in the 1955 FA Cup Final defeat to Newcastle United. He was sold to Port Vale in November 1956 for a £4,000 fee, before returning to Oldham at the end of the season for a £1,000 fee. He helped the "Latics" to win promotion out of the Fourth Division in 1962–63, his final season as a professional player.

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Born
Jan 28, 1926
Saint Peter Port
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
  • Guernsey
Lived in
  • Guernsey
  • Saint Peter Port
Died
Jun 20, 2011
Guernsey

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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