Cyril Spiers

Cyril Spiers
Personal information
Full name Cyril Henry Spiers
Date of birth (1902-04-04)4 April 1902
Place of birth Witton, England
Date of death 21 May 1967(1967-05-21) (aged 65)
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
?–1920 Halesowen Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1920–1927 Aston Villa 104 (0)
1927–1933 Tottenham Hotspur 169 (0)
1933–1939 Wolverhampton Wanderers 8 (0)
Managerial career
1939–1946 Cardiff City
1946–1947 Norwich City
1947–1954 Cardiff City
1954–1958 Crystal Palace
1962–1963 Exeter City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cyril Henry Spiers (4 April 1902 – 21 May 1967) was an English football goalkeeper who played for Aston Villa, Tottenham Hotspur and Wolverhampton Wanderers. He later went on to manage at Football League clubs for more than twenty years.[2]

  1. ^ Brum (22 August 1921). "First Division prospects. Aston Villa". Athletic News. Manchester. p. 5.
  2. ^ "Cyril Spiers". League Managers Association. Archived from the original on 14 November 2007. Retrieved 18 July 2009.