Roy Hartle

{{short description|English footballer}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Roy Hartle

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1931|10|4|df=y}}

| birth_place =Catshill, Worcestershire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|11|5|1931|10|4|df=y}}

| death_place =Bolton, England

| position = Right back

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| youthclubs1 = Bromsgrove Rovers

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| youthclubs2 = Bolton Wanderers

| years1 = 1952–1966

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| years3 = 1967

| clubs1 = Bolton Wanderers

| clubs2 = Buxton

| clubs3 = New York Generals

| caps1 = 447 | goals1 = 11

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| caps3 = 3 | goals3 = 0

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Roy Hartle (4 October 1931 – 5 November 2014) was an English professional footballer, mainly playing at right-back.

Hartle signed for these clubs during his career: Bolton Wanderers as a sixteen-year-old from non-league Bromsgrove Rovers and went on to become a stalwart, representing the club in 499 games in all competitions. His achievements include a 1958 FA Cup Final winner's medal, playing in the side that beat Manchester United 2–0.

After a spell in the US with the New York Generals as a player/coach,{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasljerseys.com/Players/H/Hartle.Roy.htm|title=NASL-Roy Hartle}}[http://www.nasljerseys.com/images/Generals/Generals ]%2067%20Road%20Team.JPG {{Bare URL image|date=March 2022}} he called time on his playing career and was appointed as Chief Scout at Bury after turning down other job offers with the likes of Stoke City and Grimsby Town.{{cite news |title=Tributes flow for Wanderers legend Roy Hartle|date=6 November 2014 |publisher=The Bolton News|url=http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/11586124.Tributes_flow_for_Wanderers_legend_Roy_Hartle/}}

Appearing in Bolton's Hall of Fame and having a club suite at the Macron Stadium named in his honour, he died on 5 November 2014 at the age of 83, after spending time at a local nursing home following a long illness.{{cite news|title=Club Statement: Roy Hartle|date=5 November 2014|publisher=Bolton Wanderers F.C.|url=http://www.bwfc.co.uk/news/article/club-statement-roy-hartle-51114-2065645.aspx|access-date=5 November 2014|archive-date=6 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106015318/http://www.bwfc.co.uk/news/article/club-statement-roy-hartle-51114-2065645.aspx|url-status=dead}}