Ian Handysides
Midfielder, Football player
1962 – 1990
Who was Ian Handysides?
Ian Robert Handysides was an English footballer.
Handysides was born in Jarrow. He began his footballing career when he joined Birmingham City on leaving school in 1979. A year later he made his first-team debut as a midfielder and by 1982 was a regular player in Birmingham's First Division side. By the turn of 1984, he had lost his place in the first team and was transferred to Walsall in hope of getting more first-team chances. He was a regular player for Walsall and within two years of joining, he returned to Birmingham.
In the autumn of 1986, Handysides was loaned out to Wolverhampton Wanderers and scored twice in 11 Fourth Division fixtures. On his return to Birmingham, he quickly re-established himself as a first-team regular and made 30 appearances in the 1987-88 Second Division campaign, scoring three goals, as he helped the club avoid relegation.
In the autumn of 1988, Ian Handysides was diagnosed with a brain tumour. After a course of chemotherapy, he appeared to be recovering well, however this then spread to his spine and he died in Solihull on 17 August 1990, when still only 27 years old.
Ian also made a few appearances for England Youth Team during his first spell with Birmingham, during which time many observers described him as "the new Trevor Francis", although he never lived up to this hype.
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- Born
- Dec 14, 1962
Jarrow - Nationality
- England
- Lived in
- Jarrow
- Died
- Aug 17, 1990
Solihull
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on July 23, 2013
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