Jerry Hanley
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Full nameJoseph Hanley
Born14 September 1901
Queenstown, Co. Cork, Ireland
Died5 May 1981 (aged 79)
Plymouth, Devon, England
Position
Wing-forward
| Full name | Joseph Hanley | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 14 September 1901 Queenstown, Co. Cork, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 May 1981 (aged 79) Plymouth, Devon, England | ||||||||||||||||
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Joseph "Jerry" Hanley (14 September 1901 – 5 May 1981) was an English international rugby union player.
A Plymouth Albion wing-forward, Hanley was capped seven times for England, including all four matches of their 1928 Five Nations campaign, where his try in final fixture against Scotland helped secure the grand slam.[1][2]
Hanley was falsely reported to have been killed following a German raid on Plymouth in 1941.[3]