Stuart Housley Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Lamming. Douglas. A who's who of Grimsby Town AFC : 1890-1985. 1985. Hutton. Beverley. 0-907033-34-2. 42.
  2. Web site: GLOVERS NEWS: Yeovil Town legend Stuart Housley fights leukaemia . Yeovil Press . 18 October 2016 . 1 February 2017 .
  3. Web site: Housley calls it a day at Yeovil . CornwallLive . Local World . 24 July 2009 . 1 February 2017 .
  4. Web site: Yeovil Town Story Part 36 . Ciderspace (an independent Yeovil Town FC website) . 1 February 2017 .
  5. Web site: Shaftesbury Football Club's crisis outlined to council . SomersetLive . Local World . 14 October 2010 . 1 February 2017 .
  6. Web site: Club News Rest in peace, Stuart Housley . Yeovil Town F.C. . 25 August 2021 . 25 August 2021 .