Johnny Spuhler
English footballer and manager (1917-2007)
John Oswald Spuhler (18 September 1917 – 7 January 2007) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre forward. He played in the Football League for Sunderland, Middlesbrough and Darlington.
Football career
Spuhler was born in Fulwell, Sunderland in 1917. He won two caps for the England schoolboys team. He worked both in the office at Sunderland AFC and as a joiner before signing professional terms with Sunderland in September 1934. Arsenal offered Sunderland £2,000 for Spuhler in 1937, but he turned down the transfer. Spuhler scored 5 times in 35 matches prior to the onset of World War Two. During the Second World War, Spuhler appeared as a guest player for Middlesbrough and transferred to the club in October 1945 for a fee of £1,750. He broke his nose in a match against Blackpool in 1950, which he eventually required hospital treatment for. He scored 69 goals in 216 league matches for the club before transferring to Darlington in 1954 for a fee of £1,000 after Middlesbrough's relegation.
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