Harold Tetley

{{short description|NZ international rugby league footballer and coach}}

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{{Infobox rugby league biography

|name = Harold Tetley

|fullname = Harold Gill Tetley

|nickname =

|image = Harold Tetley.jpg

|image_size =

|caption =

|country =

|position = {{rlp|PR|SR|LF}}

|birth_date = 26 July 1907

|birth_place = Pukekohe, New Zealand

|death_date = {{death date and age|1987|4|1|1907|7|26|df=yes}}

|death_place =

|height =

|weight = {{convert|12|st|1|lb|kg|abbr=on}}

|first = RU

|ru_position =

|ru_club1 = Ponsonby RFC

|ru_year1start = 1931

|ru_year1end = 33

|ru_appearances1 = 28

|ru_tries1 =1

|ru_goals1 =0

|ru_fieldgoals1 =0

|ru_points1 =3

|ru_teamA = Auckland B

|ru_yearAstart = 1931

|ru_yearAend =

|ru_appearancesA = 1

|ru_triesA =0

|ru_goalsA =0

|ru_fieldgoalsA =0

|ru_pointsA =0

|club1 = Richmond

|year1start = 1934

|year1end = 38

|appearances1 =

|tries1 = 22

|goals1 = 0

|fieldgoals1 = 0

|points1 = 66

|teamA = Auckland B

|yearAstart = 1935

|yearAend =

|appearancesA = 1

|triesA = 1

|goalsA = 0

|fieldgoalsA = 0

|pointsA = 3

|teamB = Auckland

|yearBstart = 1935

|yearBend = 36

|appearancesB = 6

|triesB = 2

|goalsB = 0

|fieldgoalsB = 0

|pointsB = 6

|teamC = New Zealand

|yearCstart = 1935

|yearCend = 38

|appearancesC = 4

|triesC = 0

|goalsC = 0

|fieldgoalsC = 0

|pointsC = 0

|coachteamA = Richmond Rovers

|coachyearAstart = 1940

|coachyearAend =

|coachgamesA = 22

|coachwinsA = 15

|coachdrawsA = 2

|coachlossesA = 5

|coachteamB = New Zealand

|coachyearBstart = 1955

|coachyearBend = 56

|coachgamesB = 6

|coachwinsB = 2

|coachdrawsB = 0

|coachlossesB = 4

|updated =

|source = {{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/harold-tetley/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/coaches/harold-tetley/summary.html|title=Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}

|new = yes

}}

Harold Gill Tetley[http://www.nzleague.co.nz/kiwis/player_profile.php?letter=T&id=233 TETLEY, Harold Gill - 1935, 1937 - 38] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323135352/http://www.nzleague.co.nz/kiwis/player_profile.php?letter=T&id=233 |date=23 March 2012 }} nzleague.co.nz (26 July 1907 – 1 April 1987)[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~janej/Jane/images/Jane-o/p89.htm Profile of Harold Tetley] was a New Zealand rugby league player and coach who represented New Zealand.

Playing career

Tetley played for the Richmond Rovers in the Auckland Rugby League competition.Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. {{ISBN|978-1-86969-366-4}}. Tetley represented Auckland City and Auckland Province, captaining Auckland City in 1936. He played for New Zealand in four Test matches between 1935 and 1938. Tetley was made New Zealand captain in 1937 for the second Test match against Australia.

Coaching career

Tetley coached the Kiwis on the 1955-56 tour of Great Britain and France.

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