Greg Hartley

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Greg Hartley
Personal information
Full nameGreg Hartley
Born (1942-07-19) 19 July 1942 (age 82)
Paddington, New South Wales
Playing information
Position Halfback
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1967 Newtown Jets 10000
Source: [1]
As of 27 August 2020

Greg Hartley (born 19 July 1942 in Paddington, New South Wales) [2] is an Australian former referee in the New South Wales Rugby Football League competitions of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Hartley has been described as "perhaps the most colourful and controversial referee in football history". [3]

Hartley began his rugby league career as a player and had three first-grade games with Newtown Jets in 1967 before rupturing his spleen in a reserve-grade match in the same year. He underwent a number of surgeries, spent six months in hospital and retired as a player. [4]

In 1969 he became a referee in the Easts junior league and was graded in 1971. By 1975 he was officiating in the first-grade semi-finals. He was considered the game's top referee of the time, officiating in the 1978, 1979, 1980 and 1981 Grand Finals before retiring in 1982.

He became a football commentator on radio station 2GB and later 2KY, forming a partnership with former Manly player, Peter Peters, which was popularly known as The Decibel Duo [5] and Hollywood and Zorba. [6]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Terry Murphy- Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". Rugbyleagueproject.org.
  2. ↑ Whiticker, Alan. "Greg Hartley". rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  3. ↑ Sharon O'Neill (8 June 2007). "Footy Nostalgia at the Sydney Film Festival". ABC - Stateline, NSW. Retrieved 26 December 2007.
  4. ↑ Whittacker/Hudson: The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995 ISBN   1875169571
  5. ↑ Christopher, Peter (26 September 1992). "Decibel Duo splits after Grand Final". The Sun-Herald . Australia: Fairfax Media. p. 3. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
  6. ↑ "The 2KY Team". 2KY. Retrieved 26 December 2007.

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