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Personal information
Dai Astley
Full name	David John Astley
Date of birth	11 October 1909(1909-10-11)
Place of birth	Dowlais, Wales
Date of death	7 November 1989 (aged 80)
Playing position	Striker
Senior career¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1930-1931 1931-1936 1936-1938 1938-1940 ... 1946-1947	Charlton Athletic Aston Villa Derby County Blackpool ... FC Metz	165 (92) 020 0(6) ... 010 0(2)
National team
1931–1938	Wales	013 (12)
Teams managed
1948 1949-1950 1950-1954	Internazionale Genoa C.F.C. Djurgårdens IF
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

David John "Dai" Astley (11 October 1909 – 7 November 1989) was a Welsh former professional footballer.

Dowlais-born Astley played for Charlton, Aston Villa, Derby County, Blackpool and Metz. He scored 92 goals for Aston Villa in 165 matches. Astley's international record is 12 goals in just 13 appearances for Wales.

Astley also managed Djurgårdens IF in Sweden from 1950 to 1954, as well as Inter Milan during 1948.

1 Blackpool
2 Personal life
3 Death
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Blackpool

Astley made his debut for Blackpool, then under the managership of Joe Smith, two-thirds of the way through the 1938–39 campaign, in a 1–1 draw with Sunderland at Bloomfield Road on 25 January 1939. He went on to make a further sixteen League appearances before the season's end, scoring six goals.

In 1939–40, he appeared in the three League games that occurred prior to the competition being abandoned as a result of the outbreak of World War II.

After the war, he joined FC Metz, where he spent a year.

[edit] Personal life

He is a second cousin of singer Rick Astley.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Death

Astley died on 7 November 1989 at the age of 80.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

F.C. Internazionale Milano – Managers

Fossati (1909–15) · Resegotti (1920–22) · Spotiswood (1922–24) · Schiedler (1924–26) · Weisz (1926–28) · Viola (1928–29) · Weisz (1929–31) · Tóth (1931–32) · Garbutt (1932–34) · Feldmann (1934–36) · Carraro (1936) · Castellazzi (1936–38) · Cargnelli (1938–40) · Peruchetti (1940) · Zamberletti (1941) · Fiorentini (1941–42) · Ferrari (1942–45) · Carcano (1945–46) · Nutrizio (1946) · Meazza (1947–48) · Carcano (1948) · Astley (1948) · Cappelli (1949–50) · Olivieri (1950–52) · Foni (1952–55) · Campatelli (1955) · Meazza (1955–56) · Frossi (1956) · Ferrero (1957) · Meazza (1957) · Carver (1957–58) · Bigogno (1958) · Campatelli (1959–60) · Achilli (1960) · Cappelli (1960) · Herrera (1960–68) · Foni (1968–69) · Herrera (1969–71) · Invernizzi (1971–73) · Masiero (1973) · Herrera (1973) · Masiero (1974) · Luis Suárez (1974–75) · Chiappella (1976–77) · Bersellini (1977–82) · Marchesi (1982–83) · Radice (1983–84) · Castagner (1984–85) · Corso (1985–86) · Trapattoni (1986–91) · Orrico (1991–92) · Luis Suárez (1992) · Bagnoli (1992–94) · Marini (1994) · Bianchi (1994–95) · Luis Suárez (1995) · Hodgson (1995–97) · Castellini (1997) · Simoni (1997–98) · Lucescu (1998–99) · Castellini (1999) · Hodgson (1999) · Lippi (1999–2000) · Tardelli (2000–01) · Cúper (2001–03) · Zaccheroni (2003–04) · Mancini (2004–08) · Mourinho (2008–)

Genoa C.F.C. – Managers

Spensley (1896–1907) · Technical Commission (1907–12) · Garbutt (1912–27) · De Vecchi (1927–30) · Szekany (1930–31) · Burlando (1931–32) · Rumbold (1932–33) · Nagy (1933–34) · Faroppa (1934–35) · Orth (1935–36) · Felsner (1936–37) · Garbutt (1937–39) · Barbieri (1939–41) · Ara (1941–43) · Barbieri (1945–46) · Garbutt (1946–48) · Allasio (1948–49) · Astley (1949–50) · Bacigalupo (1950–51) · Senkey (1951–52) · Ellena (1952–53) · Sárosi (1953–55) · Magli (1955–58) · Frossi (1958–59) · Busini (1959–60) · Frossi (1960–61) · Gei (1961–63) · Santos (1963–64) · Amaral (1964–65) · Bonizzoni (1965–66) · Ghezzi (1966–67) · Fongaro (1967–68) · Campatelli (1968–69) · Viviani (1969–70) · Silvestri (1970–74) · Vincenzi (1974–75) · Simoni (1975–78) · Maroso (1978–79) · Di Marzio (1979–80) · Simoni (1980–84) · Burgnich (1984–86) · Perotti (1986–87) · Simoni (1987–88) · Scoglio (1988–90) · Bagnoli (1990–92) · Giorgi (1992–93) · Maifredi (1993) · Maselli (1993–94) · Scoglio (1994–95) · Radice (1995–96) · Perotti (1996–97) · Salvemini (1996–97) · Maselli (1997) · Burgnich (1997–98) · Pillon (1998) · Cagni (1998–99) · Rossi (1999–2000) · Bolchi (2000) · Carboni (2000–01) · Bolchi (2001) · Scoglio (2001) · Reja (2001–02) · Onofri (2002) · Torrente–Lavezzini (2003) · Donadoni (2003) · De Canio (2003–04) · Cosmi (2004–05) · Vavassori (2005–06) · Perotti (2006) · Vavassori (2006) · Gasperini (2006–)

Djurgårdens IF Fotboll – Managers

Maconnachie (1922) · Nordenskjöld (1923–29) · Lindqvist (1929–32) · Lindqvist & Kock (1932–34) · Svensson (1935–44) · Kaufeldt (1944–50) · Astley (1950–54) · Soo (1954–55) · Cronqvist (1955–57) · Szendrődi (1957–59) · Sandberg & Hallberg (1959) · Raynor (1960) · Probst (1960–63) · Lindberg (1964–66) · Sandberg (1967–71) · Durán (1972–74) · Persson (1975–78) · Ball (1979) · Sandberg & Arnesson (1979) · Mokkelbost (1980–81) · Backe (1982–84) · Westerberg (1985–86) · Söderberg (1987–89) · Wass (1990–91) · T. Lundin (1992) · Pettersson (1993) · Grönhagen (1994–96) · R. Lundin (1997) · Andersson (1998–99) · Åkeby & Lukić (1999–2003) · Lukić (2004) · Jonevret (2004–06) · Grönhagen (2006) · Jónsson (2007–08) · Jeglertz & Lukić (2009) · Jeglertz & Galloway (2009–)