Gary Henley-Smith
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Gary Henley-Smith is a New Zealand sprinter and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played club-level rugby league for Wigan and Fulham RLFC as a wing.
Early years
Henley-Smith attended Auckland Grammar School, where he was Auckland and New Zealand secondary schools senior boys 100m and 200m champion and held several records.[2]
He held the New Zealand junior men's 100m and 200m records at 10.4s and 21.7s. His 10.4s 100m record, set in 1977, stood for 13 years.[3]
Athletics career
Henley-Smith was a member of the Oceania team at the World Cup in Germany in 1977. That same year he joined
He missed selection for the Commonwealth Games in 1978 due to a stress fracture.[4]
He competed in New Zealand's 4 × 100 metres relay team at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland.[2]
Rugby league career
Henley-Smith spent the
Later years
Henley-Smith spent a number of years as a physical education teacher at St Paul's Collegiate School in Hamilton, New Zealand,[2] before moving to Scots College, Wellington as Director of Boarding.[7][8]
References
- ^ Gary Henley-Smith rugbyleagueproject.org
- ^ a b c "Waitakere City Athletic Club - Representatives". wcac.org.nz. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "Waitakere City Athletic Club: About Us". www.wcac.org.nz. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- ^ St Paul's Collegiate School Hamilton - Athletics
- ^ "1985 Tour Match: Wigan 14 New Zealand 8". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "1985-1986 Lancashire Cup Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "Farewell Gary Henley-Smith".
- ^ "Gary Henley-Smith".