Ton Sprangers

Ton Sprangers (20 January 1957 – November 2022) was a Dutch footballer who played as an attacker. He played with NAC Breda for six seasons.[1][2]

Ton Sprangers
Personal information
Date of birth(1957-01-20)20 January 1957
Place of birthBreda, Netherlands
Date of deathNovember 2022(2022-11-00) (aged 65)
Place of deathLas Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Playing positionAttacker
Youth career
1967–1977NAC Breda
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1977–1982NAC Breda97(23)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Biograpy

Sprangers was born in Breda in Hoge Vught [nl].[3] Sprangers started playing in 1967 at the youth division of NAC Breda. Ten years later in 1977 he made his senior debut. He played six seasons for the team until 1982. During this seasons he played 97 matches and scored 23 goals. In the 1978-79 Eredivisie season he was the club topscorer with 11 goals.[3] On 19 May 1979 he scored the thousandth Eredivisie goal for the team.[1][2] In 1981 he was suspended for five games and fined by the Royal Dutch Football Association, after a fight with Feyenoord player Karel Bouwens.[4][5] After he left NAC Breda, he played for a short while for KFC Mol in Belgium.

As of 1979 Sprangers was also a bookkeeper.[6] After his playing career he worked as a welder.[3] After his retirement he lived for a long time at one of the Canary Islands.[3] He died in December 2022, at the age of 65.[1][2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Oud NAC-speler Ton Sprangers op 65-jarige leeftijd overleden". Breda Vandaag (in Nederlands). 7 December 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Overleden Ton Sprangers herinnerd om het duizendste NAC-doelpunt". BN de Stem (in Nederlands). 7 December 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "CLUBICOON TON SPRANGERS (65) OVERLEDEN". bsiderats.nl (in Nederlands). 7 December 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  4. "Sprangers en Bouwens geschorst". Algemeen Dagblad (in Nederlands). 30 April 1981. Retrieved 7 December 2022 – via Delpher.
  5. "Bouwers drie duels 'in de ban'". Het vrije volk (in Nederlands). 30 April 1981. Retrieved 7 December 2022 – via Delpher.
  6. "Jansen de held van Breda". De Telegraaf (in Nederlands). 4 May 1979. Retrieved 7 December 2022 – via Delpher.

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