Roger Hansbury

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Roger Hansbury
Personal information
Full name Roger Hansbury [1]
Date of birth (1955-01-26) 26 January 1955 (age 68) [1]
Place of birth Barnsley, [1] England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1973–1981 Norwich City 78 (0)
1976 → Bolton Wanderers (loan) 0 (0)
1977–1978 → Cambridge United (loan) 11 (0)
1978–1979 → Orient (loan) 0 (0)
1981–1983 Eastern AA
1983–1985 Burnley 83 (0)
1985–1986 Cambridge United 37 (0)
1986–1989 Birmingham City 57 (0)
1987–1988 → Sheffield United (loan) 5 (0)
1988 → Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) 3 (0)
1989 → Colchester United (loan) 4 (0)
1989–1992 Cardiff City 99 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Roger Hansbury (born 26 January 1955) is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He made 377 appearances in the Football League, and also played in Hong Kong.

Hansbury was born in Barnsley, which was then in the West Riding of Yorkshire. He started his career with Norwich City, for whom he made 78 league appearances between 1974 and 1981, and spent spells on loan at Bolton Wanderers, Cambridge United and Orient. [3] Unable to dislodge Chris Woods or Kevin Keelan from Norwich's starting lineup, he moved to Hong Kong in 1981 to play for Eastern AA. [4] He returned to England in 1983 and played for Burnley, Cambridge United for a second time, Birmingham City, from where he went on loan to Sheffield United, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Colchester United, and finally Cardiff City. [3]

After retiring from football he ran a greetings card shop. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Roger Hansbury". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  2. ↑ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p.  58. ISBN   978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. 1 2 "Roger Hansbury". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Former player news". Cambridge United F.C. 11 December 2007. Archived from the original on 10 February 2012.


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