Dennis Hartley

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Dennis Hartley
Personal information
Full nameDennis Hartley
Born(1936-04-11)11 April 1936
West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died13 November 2019(2019-11-13) (aged 83)
Playing information
PositionProp
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1956–60 Doncaster 120 8 11 46
1960–66 Hunslet 202 23 1 71
1966–75 Castleford 268 15 1 1 49
Total 590 46 13 1 166
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1966–70 Yorkshire 4 0 0 0 0
1968 England 1 0 0 0 0
1964–70 Great Britain 11 1 0 0 3
Source: [2][3][4]

Dennis Hartley (11 April 1936 – 13 November 2019)[5] was an English professional rugby league footballer who played as a prop in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.

He played at representative level for Great Britain, England and Yorkshire, and at club level for Doncaster (Heritage No. 82), Hunslet and Castleford (Heritage No.503).[2]

Background

Dennis Hartley was born in Hemsworth, Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.

Playing career

Doncaster

Hartley started his career at Doncaster, making 120 appearances for the club.[6]

Hunslet

Hartley made 202 appearances for Hunslet between 1960 and 1966.[7]

Hartley played left-

1965 Challenge Cup Final during the 1964–65 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 8 May 1965, in front of a crowd of 89,016.[8]

Hartley also played left-

1965 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1965–66 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds
on Saturday 16 October 1965.

Castleford

Hartley also played left-

1970 Challenge Cup Final during the 1969–70 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 9 May 1970, in front of a crowd of 95,255.[10]

Hartley played left-

1971 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1971–72 season at Belle Vue, Wakefield
on Saturday 21 August 1971.

Hartley played left-

1967 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final during the 1967–68 season at Headingley, Leeds
on Saturday 16 January 1968.

Representative honours

Hartley won a cap for England while at Castleford in 1968 against Wales,[3] and won caps for Great Britain while at Hunslet in 1964 against France (2 matches), while at Castleford in 1968 against France, in 1969 against France, in 1970 against Australia (2 matches), New Zealand (2 matches), and in the 1970 Rugby League World Cup against Australia, France and Australia.[4]

Hartley also won caps playing left-prop, for Yorkshire while at Castleford in the 17–22 defeat by Lancashire at Leeds' stadium on 21 September 1966, the 10–5 victory over Lancashire at Hull Kingston Rovers' stadium on 25 September 1968, the 12–14 defeat by Lancashire at Salford's stadium on 3 September 1969, and the 15–21 defeat by Cumberland at Whitehaven's stadium on 14 September 1970.[11]

Honours

Hartley is a Castleford Hall of Fame inductee.[12]

References

  1. ^ Castleford Tigers [@CTRLFC] (9 April 2016). "Wishing Cas legend Dennis Hartley a super 80th birthday today.Hope you had a great party down at the Jungle this aft" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". Rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". Englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". Englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  5. ^ Release, Press (17 November 2019). "Obituary: Dennis Hartley (1936-2019)".
  6. ^ "Player Statistics". R.Terrace, R.Green and Doncaster RLFC. Archived from the original on 2 January 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  7. ^ "Player Stats". Hunslet Rugby Foundation. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  8. ^ "1964–1965 Challenge Cup Final". Wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2011. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  9. ^ "Sat 17th May 1969 – Challenge Cup – Neutral Ground – 97,939". Thecastlefordtigers. 31 December 2011. Archived from the original on 31 December 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  10. ^ "Sat 9th May 1970 – Challenge Cup – Neutral Ground – 95,255". Thecastlefordtigers. 31 December 2011. Archived from the original on 31 December 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  11. ^ "Statistics at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk". Thecastlefordtigers.co.uk. 31 December 2013. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  12. ^ "Hall of Fame". Castigers.com. 31 December 2008. Archived from the original on 6 May 2006. Retrieved 1 January 2009.
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