Brian Hornsby was born on 10 September 1954 and is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Arsenal, Shrewsbury Town, Sheffield Wednesday and Carlisle United in the English league.
13 Facts About Brian Hornsby
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Brian Hornsby had short spells playing abroad for Edmonton Drillers, IK Brage and Falu BS for whom he was player-manager.
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Brian Hornsby's career was seriously curtailed by a hamstring injury when playing for Sheffield Wednesday in 1980.
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Brian Hornsby signed as a professional for Arsenal in September 1971.
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Brian Hornsby was very much a reserve and squad player for the Gunners making 26 league appearances in his almost five seasons at Highbury, scoring six goals.
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Brian Hornsby while playing under Shrewsbury boss Alan Durban and was virtually ever present during his almost two years at Gay Meadow playing in 75 league games and scoring 16 goals.
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Brian Hornsby helped Town win the Welsh Cup in 1977.
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Wednesday were playing Shrewsbury away at the end of February 1978, just before Brian Hornsby's move to Sheffield.
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Brian Hornsby made one more appearance for Wednesday, as a substitute at Chelsea in December 1981.
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Brian Hornsby spent part of 1982 playing for the Canadian NASL team Edmonton Drillers but returned to England after they hit financial trouble and folded.
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Brian Hornsby signed for Carlisle United in the summer of 1982 and spent two years there, making ten appearances and scoring one goal against Newcastle United, described as "a brilliant chip over Kevin Carr" by one football writer.
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Brian Hornsby then moved to the town of Falun to be player-manager of Falu BS.
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Brian Hornsby is involved with the charity Action Medical Research and along with friend Tony Hadley undertook a trek to Machu Picchu to raise funds for the charity.