Jerry Hanley Explained

Jerry Hanley
Full Name:Joseph Hanley
Birth Date:14 September 1901
Birth Place:Queenstown, Co. Cork, Ireland
Death Place:Plymouth, Devon, England
Position:Wing-forward
Repyears1:1927–28
Repcaps1:7
Reppoints1:3

Joseph "Jerry" Hanley (14 September 1901 – 5 May 1981) was an English international rugby union player.

A Plymouth Albion wing-forward, Hanley was capped seven times for England, including all four matches of their 1928 Five Nations campaign, where his try in final fixture against Scotland helped secure the grand slam.[1] [2]

Hanley was falsely reported to have been killed following a German raid on Plymouth in 1941.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Great England Forwards. . . 18 March 1928.
  2. News: Jerry Hanley To Play? . Leicester Evening Mail . 17 September 1931.
  3. News: Telephone Service . . 26 April 1941.