Brian Hornsby

Brian Hornsby
Personal information
Full name Brian Geoffrey Hornsby
Date of birth (1954-09-10) 10 September 1954 (age 70)
Place of birth Great Shelford, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
0000–1970 Peterborough Boys
1970–1972 Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972–1976 Arsenal 26 (6)
1976–1978 Shrewsbury Town 75 (16)
1978–1982 Sheffield Wednesday 106 (25)
1981–1982Chester City (loan) 4 (0)
1982 Edmonton Drillers 16 (2)
1982–1984 Carlisle United 10 (1)
1983–1984Chesterfield (loan) 1 (0)
1984–1985 IK Brage 20 (1)
1986–1987 Falu BS
Spalding United
Holbeach United
International career
1970 England Schoolboys 8 (6)
1973 England Youth 7 (3)
Managerial career
Falu BS
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Brian Hornsby (born 10 September 1954) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Arsenal, Shrewsbury Town, Sheffield Wednesday and Carlisle United in the English league. He also had short spells playing abroad for Edmonton Drillers (Canada), IK Brage (Sweden) and Falu BS (Sweden) for whom he was player-manager. Hornsby played 222 English league games and scoring 48 goals. His career was seriously curtailed by a hamstring injury when playing for Sheffield Wednesday in 1980.