Dave Hey
{{short description|Australian rugby league footballer and administrator}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2019}}
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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
|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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Category:Australian military personnel of World War II
Category:Australian rugby league players
Category:Rugby league players from Sydney
Category:St. George Dragons players
Category:Western Suburbs Magpies players
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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