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Australian former soccer player (born 1961)

John Spanos
Personal information
Date of birth	(1961-01-04) 4 January 1961 (age 63)
Place of birth	Leeds, England
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Ascot
1977	Morley-Windmills
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1978	Adelaide City	0	(0)
1980–1982	Sydney City	84	(8)
1983	Heidelberg United	30	(0)
1984	Marconi Stallions	23	(0)
1985	Blacktown City	5	(0)
1989–1993	Port Adelaide	?	(?)
1994	Adelaide Cobras	7	(0)
International career
1979	Australia U20	?	(?)
1980	Australia	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Spanos (born 4 January 1961) is an Australian former soccer player who played in the National Soccer League.

Early life and family

Spanos was born in Leeds, England. His grandfather had emigrated to England from Greece.

Spanos made one appearance for Australia against Indonesia in 1980.

Curran, Brian (21 March 1980). "Brotherly boost for City player". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 29. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
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Goodwin, Dorothy (9 November 1980). "'Grover' Spanos hits the big-time". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 88. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
Howe, Andrew (2008). "The Australian National Men's Football Team: Caps and Captains" (PDF). Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 29 July 2013.

v t e NSL awards
Player of the Year	1977: Rooney 1978: Boden 1979: Prskalo 1980: Hermiston 1981: Russell 1982: Katholos 1983: Watson 1984: Melta 1985: Honeyman 1986: Arnold & Russell 1987: Farina & Zinni 1988: Farina & Wade 1989: Nastevski
U21 Player of the Year	1977: Kosmina 1978: Souness 1979: Krncevic 1980: Spanos 1981: Mitchell 1982: Lowe 1983: Crino 1984: Franken 1985: Hunter 1986: Tapai 1987: Markovski 1988: Trimboli 1989: Trimboli 1990: Okon 1991: Okon 1992: Muscat 1993: Corica 1994: Viduka 1995: Viduka 1996: Tsekenis 1997: Wehrman 1998: Emerton 1999: Sterjovski 2000: Ergić 2001: Burgess 2002: Schirripa 2003: Brosque 2004: Brosque
Top scorer	1977: Deans 1978: Boden & Eaton 1979: Jankovics 1980: Cole 1981: Cole 1982: Kosmina 1983: Brown 1984: Brown 1985: Egan 1986: Arnold 1987: Farina 1988: Farina 1989: Nastevski 1990: Seal 1991: Seal 1992: Bredbury & Taliadoros 1993: Awaritefe 1994: Viduka 1995: Viduka 1996: Mori 1997: Zdrilic 1998: Mori 1999: Cardozo & Sterjovski 2000: Mori 2001: Petrovski 2002: Mori 2003: Mori 2004: Milicic
From 1989–90 onwards, the Player of the Year award has been known as the Johnny Warren Medal.