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| Full name | Dennis Hartley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1936-04-11)11 April 1936[1] Hemsworth,Wakefield,West Riding of Yorkshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 November 2019(2019-11-13) (aged 83) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dennis Hartley (11 April 1936 – 13 November 2019)[5] was an English professionalrugby league footballer who played as aprop in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.
He played at representative level forGreat Britain,England andYorkshire, and at club level forDoncaster,Hunslet andCastleford.[2]
Dennis Hartley was born inHemsworth,Wakefield,West Riding of Yorkshire, England.
Hartley started his career atDoncaster, making 120 appearances for the club.[6]
Hartley made 202 appearances forHunslet between 1960 and 1966.[7]
Hartley played atprop, inHunslet's 16–20 defeat byWigan in the1965 Challenge Cup Final during the1964–65 season atWembley Stadium,London on Saturday 8 May 1965, in front of a crowd of 89,016.[8]
Hartley also played atprop, and scored atry inHunslet's 12–2 victory overHull Kingston Rovers in the1962 Yorkshire Cup Final during the1962–63 season atHeadingley,Leeds on Saturday 27 October 1962, and played atprop in the 8–17 defeat byBradford Northern in the1965 Yorkshire Cup Final during the1965–66 season atHeadingley,Leeds on Saturday 16 October 1965.
Hartley also played atprop inCastleford's 11–6 victory overSalford in the1969 Challenge Cup Final during the1968–69 season atWembley Stadium,London on Saturday 17 May 1969, in front of a crowd of 97,939,[9] and played atprop in the 7–2 victory overWigan in the1970 Challenge Cup Final during the1969–70 season atWembley Stadium,London on Saturday 9 May 1970, in front of a crowd of 95,255.[10]
Hartley played atprop in Castleford's 11–22 defeat byLeeds in the1968 Yorkshire Cup Final during the1968–69 season atBelle Vue,Wakefield on Saturday 19 October 1968, and played atprop in the 7–11 defeat byHull Kingston Rovers in the1971 Yorkshire Cup Final during the1971–72 season atBelle Vue,Wakefield on Saturday 21 August 1971.
Hartley played atprop, in Castleford's 7–2 victory overSwinton in the1966 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final during the1966–67 season atWheldon Road,Castleford on Tuesday 20 December 1966, and played atprop in the 8–5 victory overLeigh in the1967 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final during the1967–68 season atHeadingley,Leeds on Saturday 16 January 1968.
Hartley won acap forEngland while at Castleford in 1968 against Wales,[3] and woncaps forGreat 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 the1970 Rugby League World Cup against Australia, France and Australia.[4]
Hartley also woncaps playing atprop, forYorkshire while at Castleford in the 17–22 defeat by Lancashire atLeeds' stadium on 21 September 1966, the 10–5 victory over Lancashire atHull Kingston Rovers' stadium on 25 September 1968, the 12–14 defeat by Lancashire atSalford's stadium on 3 September 1969, and the 15–21 defeat by Cumberland atWhitehaven's stadium on 14 September 1970.[11]
Hartley is aCastleford Hall of Fame inductee.[12]
