Viv Busby, a former striker of Fulham, Newcastle United and Luton City, handed away on the age of 74.
The unlucky information was confirmed by his former membership York City.
The attacker, who was born in Excessive Wycombe, joined Wycombe Wanderers in 1966 and performed for the staff for 4 years, scoring fifty objectives in ninety appearances.
In 1970, supervisor Alec Inventory signed him and he moved to Kenilworth Highway.
Busby joined the primary staff shortly after, making his debut within the 2-1 victory over Rotherham United in March 1970.
With simply three video games remaining within the season, Busby’s profitable purpose in opposition to Southport within the 1-0 victory that season all however assured promotion to the previous Division Two, cemented his place in Hatters historical past.
After making 86 appearances for Luton, he scored 16 objectives earlier than occurring a brief mortgage to Newcastle to play with Malcolm Macdonald, his former City strike companion.
In 1973, he moved to Fulham, the place he performed within the FA Cup ultimate in 1975, dropping 2-0 to West Ham United at Wembley.
Busby loved a profitable interval with Norwich Metropolis after leaving Craven Cottage in 1976.
He then spent three years at Stoke Metropolis earlier than transferring to Sheffield United, Blackburn, and York Metropolis.
Busby additionally performed for the Tulsa Roughnecks twice within the USA.
Following his taking part in profession, Busby labored as a scout, coach, and supervisor for a lot of groups, together with York Metropolis and Hartlepool.
He additionally served as a coach at Everton and his former staff, Fulham, and he additionally had a stint as assistant supervisor at Sunderland till transferring to Spain in 2011.
