Bill Bushby (footballer)

Bill Bushby
Personal information
Full name Thomas William Bushby
Date of birth (1914-08-21)21 August 1914
Place of birth Shildon, England
Date of death 23 December 1997(1997-12-23) (aged 83)
Place of death Warsash, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) 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 Folland Aircraft
1946–1947 Southampton 2 (0)
1947–1954 Cowes
Managerial career
1954 Sarisbury
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas William 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.