Dennis Hartley

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.

Dennis Hartley

Personal information
Full name	Dennis Hartley
Born	11 April 1936[1] Hemsworth, Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died	13 November 2019 (aged 83)
Playing information
Position	Prop
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]

He played at representative level for Great Britain, England and Yorkshire, and at club level for Doncaster (Heritage № 82), Hunslet and Castleford (Heritage №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-prop, in Hunslet's 16–20 defeat by Wigan in the 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-prop, and scored a try in Hunslet's 12–2 victory over Hull Kingston Rovers in the 1962 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1962–63 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 27 October 1962, and played left-prop in the 8–17 defeat by Bradford Northern in the 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-prop in Castleford’s 11–6 victory over Salford in the 1969 Challenge Cup Final during the 1968–69 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 17 May 1969, in front of a crowd of 97,939,[9] and played left-prop in the 7–2 victory over Wigan in the 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-prop in Castleford's 11–22 defeat by Leeds in the 1968 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1968–69 season at Belle Vue, Wakefield on Saturday 19 October 1968, and played left-prop in the 7–11 defeat by Hull Kingston Rovers in the 1971 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1971–72 season at Belle Vue, Wakefield on Saturday 21 August 1971.

Hartley played left-prop, in Castleford's 7–2 victory over Swinton in the 1966 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final during the 1966–67 season at Wheldon Road, Castleford on Tuesday 20 December 1966, and played left-prop in the 8–5 victory over Leigh in the 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] (11 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. |date= mismatches calculated date from |number= by two or more days (help)
2. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". Rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
3. "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". Englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
4. "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. 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. 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 ℅ web.archive.org. 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.