# David Longhurst
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{{short description|English footballer (1965–1990)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = David Longhurst
| image =
| fullname = David John Longhurst[{{Hugman|11919|accessdate=16 April 2020}}]
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1965|1|15|df=y}}[
| birth_place = [Northampton](/source/Northampton),][ England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1990|9|8|1965|1|15|df=y}}][
| death_place = [York](/source/York),][ England
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}}][{{cite book |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88 |editor-first=Peter |editor-last=Dunk |publisher=Queen Anne Press |location=London |date=1987 |page=[https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00lond/page/182 182] |isbn=978-0-356-14354-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00lond/page/182}}]
| position = [Striker](/source/Striker_(association_football))
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1983–1985
| clubs1 = [Nottingham Forest](/source/Nottingham_Forest_F.C.)
| caps1 = 0
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1985–1987
| clubs2 = [Halifax Town](/source/Halifax_Town_A.F.C.)
| caps2 = 85
| goals2 = 24
| years3 = 1987–1988
| clubs3 = [Northampton Town](/source/Northampton_Town_F.C.)
| caps3 = 37
| goals3 = 7
| years4 = 1988–1990
| clubs4 = [Peterborough United](/source/Peterborough_United_F.C.)
| caps4 = 58
| goals4 = 7
| years5 = 1990
| clubs5 = [York City](/source/York_City_F.C.)
| caps5 = 6
| goals5 = 2
| totalcaps = 186 | totalgoals = 40
}}
'''David John Longhurst''' (15 January 1965 – 8 September 1990) was an English [footballer](/source/association_football). During his career, he played for [Nottingham Forest](/source/Nottingham_Forest_F.C.), [Halifax Town](/source/Halifax_Town_A.F.C.), [Northampton Town](/source/Northampton_Town_F.C.), [Peterborough United](/source/Peterborough_United_F.C.) and [York City](/source/York_City_F.C.). He died on the pitch during a match for York City against [Lincoln City](/source/Lincoln_City_F.C.) in 1990.
==Career==
[Northampton](/source/Northampton)-born Longhurst was a pacy striker who began his career in [Nottingham Forest](/source/Nottingham_Forest_F.C.)'s youth team under the management of [Brian Clough](/source/Brian_Clough) in the early 1980s, and received a permanent contract in 1983. However, he never played a first team game for Forest, and joined [Halifax Town](/source/Halifax_Town_A.F.C.) in the [Fourth Division](/source/Football_League_Fourth_Division) on a free transfer in 1985. He was a regular goalscorer at the club, scoring 24 goals in 85 league appearances, although it wasn't enough to turn the [West Yorkshire](/source/West_Yorkshire) club into promotion contenders. After two seasons at Halifax, he joined his hometown club [Northampton Town](/source/Northampton_Town_F.C.) in 1987.
After one season at Northampton, Longhurst was signed by [Peterborough United](/source/Peterborough_United_F.C.) in 1988, scoring a hat-trick in a 3–3 draw with [Gillingham](/source/Gillingham_F.C.) in the [FA Cup](/source/FA_Cup) first round at [Priestfield Stadium](/source/Priestfield_Stadium) on 19 November that year. Peterborough won the replay 1–0.[{{Cite web |url=http://www.theposhtrust.co.uk/museum/match-reports/the-fa-cup/gillingham-v-peterborough-utd-1st-rd-19-nov-88 |title=Gillingham v Peterborough Utd 1st Rd 19 Nov 88 |access-date=31 August 2018 |work=The Posh Supporters Trust |archive-date=31 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831141230/http://www.theposhtrust.co.uk/museum/match-reports/the-fa-cup/gillingham-v-peterborough-utd-1st-rd-19-nov-88 |url-status=dead }}]
He joined [York City](/source/York_City_F.C.) in March 1990. In the third match of the [1990–91](/source/1990-91_in_English_football) season against [Lincoln City](/source/Lincoln_City_F.C.), Longhurst suffered a heart attack on the pitch, and was pronounced dead when he arrived at the hospital. He was the first player to die in a [Football League](/source/The_Football_League) match in 63 years; the previous on-pitch death in a Football League match was [Bury](/source/Bury_F.C.) defender [Sam Wynne](/source/Sam_Wynne) in 1927. The subsequent inquest into Longhurst's death revealed that he suffered from a rare heart condition.[{{cite news |title=Longhurst Inquest |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-17431949 |first=Elinor |last=Cross |date=21 March 2012 |access-date=27 October 2019 |work=[BBC News Online](/source/BBC_News_Online) |publisher=[BBC News](/source/BBC_News) |agency=[BBC](/source/BBC)}}]
York City later named one of the refurbished stands at the [Bootham Crescent](/source/Bootham_Crescent) stadium after him.
==References==
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'''Bibliography'''
* {{cite book|last1=Jeffery|first1=Robert|last2=Gonnella|first2=Mark|title=Pictorial History of English Football|publisher=Parragon|year=1999|page=203|chapter=1980-1990: Decade of Disaster|isbn=1-84164-077-8}}
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Category:1965 births
Category:Footballers from Northampton
Category:1990 deaths
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Association football players who died while playing
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Nottingham Forest F.C. players
Category:Halifax Town A.F.C. players
Category:Northampton Town F.C. players
Category:Peterborough United F.C. players
Category:York City F.C. players
Category:Sport deaths in England
Category:English Football League players
Category:20th-century English sportsmen
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