Stuart Housley (15 September 1948 – 24 August 2021) was an

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professional

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who played as a winger. After leaving

Grimsby Town Grimsby Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England, that competes in , the fourth level of the English football league system. Nicknamed "the Mariners", the club was f ...

, Housley joined Southern League side

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for whom he made 399 appearances and scored 60 goals in eight seasons. Housley also spent short spells playing for Weymouth and Westland Sports. He returned to Yeovil in the 1990s under manager

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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. Housley died in August 2021, aged 72.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Housley, Stuart 1948 births 2021 deaths Footballers from Doncaster English men's footballers Men's association football wingers Grimsby Town F.C. players Yeovil Town F.C. players Weymouth F.C. players Westland Sports F.C. players Yeovil Town F.C. non-playing staff Shaftesbury F.C. managers English Football League players English football managers