Stuart Housley (15 September 1948 – 24 August 2021) was an English professional footballer who played as a winger.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stuart Housley | ||
| Date of birth | 15 September 1948 | ||
| Place of birth | Doncaster, England | ||
| Date of death | 24 August 2021 (aged 72) | ||
| Place of death | Yeovil, England | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1966–1969 | Grimsby Town | 34 | (3) |
| 1969–1976 | Yeovil Town | ||
| 1976–1977 | Weymouth | 34 | |
| 1977–1979 | Westland Sports | ||
| 1979–1980 | Yeovil Town | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
After leaving Grimsby Town, Housley joined Southern League side Yeovil Town for whom he made 399 appearances and scored 60 goals in eight seasons.[2] Housley also spent short spells playing for Weymouth and Westland Sports.[3][4] He returned to Yeovil in the 1990s under manager Graham Roberts and became the club's youth team manager a role he remained in until 2009. Housley worked with 13 managers at Yeovil, and spent 27 years involved with the club in various roles as a player, youth team coach and manager, kit man and video analyst, finally ending his association with the club in 2015.[3][5]
Housley died in August 2021, aged 72.[6]
References
edit- ^ Lamming, Douglas (1985). A who's who of Grimsby Town AFC : 1890-1985. Beverley: Hutton. p. 42. ISBN 0-907033-34-2.
- ^ "GLOVERS NEWS: Yeovil Town legend Stuart Housley fights leukaemia". Yeovil Press. 18 October 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Housley calls it a day at Yeovil". CornwallLive. Local World. 24 July 2009. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ^ "Yeovil Town Story Part 36". Ciderspace (an independent Yeovil Town FC website). Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ^ "Shaftesbury Football Club's crisis outlined to council". SomersetLive. Local World. 14 October 2010. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ^ "Club News | Rest in peace, Stuart Housley". Yeovil Town F.C. 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.