Dave Hey

{{short description|Australian rugby league footballer and administrator}}

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|name = Dave Hey

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|caption = Dave Hey. Wests 1927

|fullname = David James Hey

|birth_date = 14 December 1905

|birth_place = St Leonards, New South Wales

|death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1967|5|13|1905|12|14}}

|death_place = Smithfield, New South Wales

|retired = yes

|position = {{Rlp|CE}}

|club1 = Western Suburbs

|year1start = 1926

|year1end = 29

|appearances1 = 21

|tries1 = 5

|goals1 = 0

|fieldgoals1 = 0

|points1 = 15

|club2 = St. George

|year2start = 1931

|year2end =

|appearances2 = 1

|tries2 = 0

|goals2 = 0

|fieldgoals2 = 0

|points2 = 0

|source = {{Cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/dave-hey/summary.html|title= Dave Hey – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project|website=www.rugbyleagueproject.org|access-date=2019-09-05}}

|updated = 05 September 2019

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| relatives = Vic Hey (brother)

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David James Hey (1905–1967) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s.

Playing career

Hey and his brother Vic Hey both played with the Western Suburbs club although Dave was 6 years older than his famous brother.{{cite web|url=http://www.westsmagpies.com.au/the-archives/first-grade-players/|title=Western Suburbs Magpies First Grade Players|website=Wests Magpies}}

He played three seasons with Wests, went to the bush in 1930 and had one final season with the St. George club, playing one game with them in 1931. He moved to other rural areas in the 1930s, he captain/coached Cootamundra 1932, Glen Innes 1933 and Kiama, New South Wales in 1934.

Hey was still coaching A grade in the Fairfield/Smithfield area in the 1940s.Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, 1995. {{ISBN|1875169571}}

Hey also served in World War II between 1943 and 1946.WW2 Nominal Roll – David James Hey http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=A&veteranId=207767. {{Dead link|date=November 2023 |fix-attempted=yes |url=}}

Death

Hey died at Smithfield, New South Wales on 13 May 1967.Sydney Morning Herald Death Notice 15/5/1967

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