Wally Hancock
{{short description|Australian rugby league footballer}}
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{{Infobox rugby league biography
|name = Wally Hancock
|fullname = Walter Joseph Hancock
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|position = {{rlp|SR|LK}}
|birth_date = 5 May 1897
|birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1965|6|23|1897|5|5}}
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|club1 = North Sydney
|year1start = 1922
|year1end = 26
|appearances1 = 30
|tries1 = 2
|goals1 = 0
|fieldgoals1 = 0
|points1 = 6
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Wally Hancock was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s. He played in the NSWRFL premiership for North Sydney as a lock and also as a second rower.
Playing career
Hancock began his first grade career with Norths in 1922 and was a part of North Sydney's second premiership win playing at lock in their 35-3 1922 grand final victory over Glebe at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Hancock played a further 4 seasons before retiring at the end of the 1926 season.{{cite web|author=North Sydney Bears |url=https://www.northsydneybears.com.au/happy110/ |title=Happy 110th Birthday North Sydney |publisher=North Sydney Bears |date=2018-02-07 |accessdate=2018-11-20}}
References
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{{North Sydney squad - NSWRFL season 1922 premiers}}
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Category:Australian rugby league players
Category:North Sydney Bears players
Category:Rugby league players from Sydney
Category:Rugby league second-rows
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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