{{Short description|English footballer (born 1960)}} {{BLP sources|date=October 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Use British English|date=April 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Brendon Ormsby | image = | caption = | fullname = Brendon Thomas Christopher Ormsby<ref name=Hugman>{{Hugman|15048|accessdate=24 October 2019}}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1960|10|1}}<ref name=Hugman/> | birth_place = [[Birmingham]], England<ref name=Hugman/> | height = {{height|ft=5|in=10+1/2}}<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00roll |url-access=registration |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1980–81 |editor-first=Jack |editor-last=Rollin |publisher=[[Queen Anne Press]]|location=London |year=1980 |isbn=0362020175 |page=[https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00roll/page/54 54]}}</ref> | position = [[Centre back]]<ref name=Hugman/> | youthyears1 = 1976–1978 | youthclubs1 = [[Aston Villa Academy|Aston Villa]] | years1 = 1978–1986 | years2 = 1986–1990 | years3 = 1990 | years4 = 1990–1992 | years5 = 1992–1993 | years6 = 1993–1994 | years7 = 1994–1995 | years8 = | clubs1 = [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] | clubs2 = [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]] | clubs3 = →[[Shrewsbury Town F.C.|Shrewsbury Town]] (loan) | clubs4 = [[Doncaster Rovers F.C.|Doncaster Rovers]] | clubs5 = [[Scarborough F.C.|Scarborough]] | clubs6 = [[Waterford F.C.|Waterford United]] | clubs7 = [[Wigan Athletic F.C.|Wigan Athletic]] | clubs8 = [[Garforth Town A.F.C.|Garforth Town]] | caps1 = 117 | caps2 = 57 | caps3 = 1 | caps4 = 78 | caps5 = 16 | caps6 = 23 | caps7 = 2 | caps8 = | goals1 = 4 | goals2 = 7 | goals3 = 0 | goals4 = 7 | goals5 = 1 | goals6 = 2 | goals7 = 0 | goals8 = | nationalyears1 = 1976 | nationalteam1 = [[English Schools' Football Association|England Schoolboys]] | nationalcaps1 = 8 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 1978–1979 | nationalteam2 = [[England national under-18 football team|England Youth]] | nationalcaps2 = 12 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | manageryears1 = 1993–1994 | managerclubs1 = [[Waterford United F.C.|Waterford United]] | manageryears2 = 2011–2012 | managerclubs2 = [[Pontefract Collieries F.C.|Pontefract Collieries]] }} '''Brendon Thomas Christopher Ormsby''' (born 1 October 1960, Birmingham)<ref>https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/brendan-ormsby</ref> is an English former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[centre back]] for [[Aston Villa]], [[Leeds United]], [[Shrewsbury]], [[Doncaster]], [[Waterford United]], [[Scarborough F.C.|Scarborough]] and [[Wigan]]. Ormsby was a product of the [[Aston Villa Academy]] and spent most of his professional career at the club.
The 16-year-old Ormsby joined Villa in 1976 as a [[YTS apprentice]].<ref name=AVFCHGW>https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/gary-williams</ref>
Ormsby led Leeds to the FA Cup semi-final and Division Two play-offs in 1986–87. He worked as a postman in Leeds [[Moortown, Leeds|Moortown]] after retiring from football.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/ex-leeds-united-captain-ormsby-on-mend-after-stroke-1-6357620 |title=Ex-Leeds United captain Ormsby on mend after stroke |last=Leon |first=Wobschall |date=24 January 2019 |work=Yorkshire Evening Post |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190124041640/https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/ex-leeds-united-captain-ormsby-on-mend-after-stroke-1-6357620 |archive-date=24 January 2019}}</ref>
During his later years he has worked as a coach at Senior and Junior levels, including a spell working with [[Lawnswood]] Lasers JFC.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}
Ormsby is also the honorary president of the Scarborough Branch of the Leeds United Member's Club. He attends the club's annual 'On The Road' evening and his role has led to a beer being named after him. Ormsby's Bitter is brewed by the Wold Top brewery and can be sampled at the Spa Complex on the town's sea front.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}} Between 2000 and 2012, he worked for the Press Association, providing live by the second actions from Leeds United, Bradford City and Manchester City as part of the [[Football Live]] Project, these details were used to supply all major sports media outlets, including BBC & Sky Sports Vidiprinter.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}
Ormsby served as First Team Manager at Pontefract Collieries between 2012 and 2014, finishing fifth in each season.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}
==Honours== '''Individual''' *[[PFA Team of the Year (1990s)|PFA Team of the Year]]: [[1990–91 Football League#Fourth Division|1990–91 Fourth Division]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Lynch |title=The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes |page=148}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Soccerbase}} *[https://brendon-ormsby.muchloved.com The Brendon Ormsby Strike Back Fund]
{{1990–91 Football League Fourth Division PFA Team of the Year}} {{Waterford United F.C. managers}}
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