Stuart Housley | |
Fullname: | Stuart Housley |
Birth Date: | 15 September 1948 |
Birth Place: | Doncaster, England |
Death Place: | Yeovil, England |
Position: | Winger |
Years1: | 1966–1969 |
Caps1: | 34 |
Goals1: | 3 |
Years2: | 1969–1976 |
Years3: | 1976–1977 |
Caps3: | 34 |
Years4: | 1977–1979 |
Years5: | 1979–1980 |
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]