Bill Bushby (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas William Bushby | ||
| Date of birth | 21 August 1914 | ||
| Place of birth | Shildon, England | ||
| Date of death | 23 December 1997 (aged 83) | ||
| Place of death | Warsash, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Half back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Timothy Hackworth School | |||
| Durham County Schools | |||
| Shildon Amateurs | |||
| Southend United | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1934–1939 | Southend United | ||
| 1939–1940 | Portsmouth | ||
| 1940–1946 | Follands | ||
| 1946–1947 | Southampton | 2 | (0) |
| 1947–1954 | Cowes | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1954 | Sarisbury | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
|||
Thomas William "Bill" Bushby (21 August 1914 – 23 December 1997) was an English footballer who played as a half back. Born in Shildon, Bushby began his career with Southend United in 1934, and later played for a number of Hampshire-based teams including Portsmouth and Southampton, before retiring from professional football in 1947.
After beginning his football career with local youth sides in his hometown of Shildon, County Durham, Bushby moved to Third Division South side Southend United in September 1933, signing professional terms with the club in October 1934. He remained with Southend for five seasons, making 40 League, 4 FA Cup and 2 Third Division South Cup appearances after which he moved to Portsmouth (then in the First Division) in June 1939 as a replacement for regular half back Jimmy Guthrie, who had been injured in a car accident earlier that year.
During the Second World War, Bushby played the majority of his football as part of a team formed by the workers of Folland Aircraft, known today as GE Hamble, although also appeared for Southampton and Chelsea in a number of unofficial wartime matches. Following the end of the conflicts, Bushby moved permanently to Southampton in September 1946, appearing twice for the club at right half in games against West Bromwich Albion on 5 October 1946 and Birmingham City on 1 February 1947. Ultimately he could not retain his position in the team ahead of players like Bill Stroud and George Smith though, and left near the end of the season to join Cowes.
...
Wikipedia