He was born in 1943 in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, and joined Celtic in July 1960 as a centre-half in the team's reserves. He made his first team debut for Celtic in March 1963, in a match against Kilmarnock at Rugby Park. Cushley found himself in the shadow of his teammate and former schoolmate, Billy McNeill, and many of his appearances for Celtic were dependent on McNeill's absence due to injury or international appearances. Nonetheless, Cushley played 41 games for Celtic, until he left the club in 1967 in a £10,000 transfer to West Ham United.[2]
As well as his football career, Cushley was a graduate in modern languages from the University of Glasgow and worked as a teacher. In 1964, he acted as a Spanish translator when he and team manager Jimmy McGrory travelled to Spain in an unsuccessful attempt to sign Real Madrid legend Alfredo Di Stéfano to Celtic.[3] During his two years in London with West Ham, Cushley also worked as a teacher.
In 1970, he returned to Scotland, playing for Dunfermline Athletic and Dumbarton before retiring in 1976. He continued teaching, and joined Celtic's coaching staff as an education officer.[4]
In 2007, Cushley was diagnosed with motor neurone disease, the same illness that had claimed his Celtic teammate Jimmy Johnstone in 2006. He died at his home in Bothwell on 24 March 2008, aged 65.[3]
Referencesedit
^"John Cushley". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
john, cushley, january, 1943, march, 2008, scottish, footballer, played, celtic, west, united, dunfermline, athletic, dumbarton, personal, informationfull, name, date, birth, 1943, january, 1943place, birthhamilton, scotlanddate, death24, march, 2008, 2008, ag. John Cushley 21 January 1943 24 March 2008 was a Scottish footballer who played for Celtic West Ham United Dunfermline Athletic and Dumbarton John CushleyPersonal informationFull nameJohn Cushley 1 Date of birth 1943 01 21 21 January 1943Place of birthHamilton ScotlandDate of death24 March 2008 2008 03 24 aged 65 Place of deathBothwell ScotlandPosition s Centre halfSenior career YearsTeamApps Gls 1959 1960Blantyre Celtic0 0 1960 1967Celtic30 0 1967 1970West Ham United38 0 1970 1972Dunfermline Athletic49 0 1972 1976Dumbarton85 0 Total203 0 Club domestic league appearances and goals He was born in 1943 in Hamilton South Lanarkshire and joined Celtic in July 1960 as a centre half in the team s reserves He made his first team debut for Celtic in March 1963 in a match against Kilmarnock at Rugby Park Cushley found himself in the shadow of his teammate and former schoolmate Billy McNeill and many of his appearances for Celtic were dependent on McNeill s absence due to injury or international appearances Nonetheless Cushley played 41 games for Celtic until he left the club in 1967 in a 10 000 transfer to West Ham United 2 As well as his football career Cushley was a graduate in modern languages from the University of Glasgow and worked as a teacher In 1964 he acted as a Spanish translator when he and team manager Jimmy McGrory travelled to Spain in an unsuccessful attempt to sign Real Madrid legend Alfredo Di Stefano to Celtic 3 During his two years in London with West Ham Cushley also worked as a teacher In 1970 he returned to Scotland playing for Dunfermline Athletic and Dumbarton before retiring in 1976 He continued teaching and joined Celtic s coaching staff as an education officer 4 In 2007 Cushley was diagnosed with motor neurone disease the same illness that had claimed his Celtic teammate Jimmy Johnstone in 2006 He died at his home in Bothwell on 24 March 2008 aged 65 3 References edit John Cushley Barry Hugman s Footballers Retrieved 7 March 2017 Obituary John Cushley Archived 21 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine The Herald 26 March 2008 a b Former Celtic player John Cushley has died aged 65 Sunday Herald 31 March 2008 Lisbon Lions pay tribute to ex Celt Glasgow Evening Times 28 March 2008 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Cushley amp oldid 1219156936, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
