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

|source = {{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/wally-hancock/summary.html|title=Wally Hancock - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|first=Shawn Dollin and Andrew|last=Ferguson|website=www.rugbyleagueproject.org}}

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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}}

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