Personal information | |||
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Full name | Brian Geoffrey Hornsby | ||
Date of birth | 10 September 1954 | ||
Place of birth | Great Shelford, England | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
–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) |
1981–1982 | → Chester City (loan) | 4 | (0) |
1982 | Edmonton Drillers | 16 | (2) |
1982–1984 | Carlisle United | 10 | (1) |
1983–1984 | → Chesterfield (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.