Personal information | |||
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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 |
Stuart Housley (15 September 1948 – 24 August 2021) was an English professional footballer who played as a winger.[1]
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]