Percy Hartley

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Percy Hartley
Personal information
Full name Percy Wilding Hartley
Date of birth 1885 (1885)
Place of birth Bolton, England
Position Half back
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Halliwell St Paul's
Bolton St Luke's
Astley Bridge St Paul's
Atherton Church House
1906–1907 Preston North End 3 (0)
Atherton
Huddersfield Town
Chorley
1909–1910 Exeter City 34 (4)
Rochdale
Rossendale United
Total37+(4+)
Managerial career
1913–1914 Verviers
1919–1924 Verviers
1924 Royal FC
1924–1930 Standard Liège
Charleroi
Amay Sportif
1932–1935 Standard Liège
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Percy Wilding Hartley (born 1885) was an English professional football player and manager.

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Early and personal life

Born in Bolton in 1885, [1] Hartley was baptised on 27 September 1895 in Halliwell. [2] He married a woman named Jessie Archer on 18 March 1919. [3]

Playing career

Hartley played for Halliwell St Paul's, Bolton St Luke's, Astley Bridge St Paul's, Atherton Church House, Preston North End, Atherton, Huddersfield Town, Chorley, Exeter City, and Rochdale. [4] [1] He finished his career at Rossendale United. [1]

Coaching career

Hartley became a coach at Belgian club Verviers. [1] He spent World War One in a German prisoner-of-war camp, before returning to Verviers, later moving to Royal FC. [1]

Hartley managed Belgian side Standard Liège in the 1920s and 1930s. [5] [6] He also worked at Charleroi and Amay Sportif in between his spells at Standard. [1] He was also a prissier during World War Two, before being released and returning to Bolton, where he worked in a factory. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Hartley, Percy". grecianarchive.exeter.ac.uk.
  2. ↑ "Baptisms at St Peter in The Parish of Halliwell". OnLine Parish Clerks for the County of Lancashire. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  3. ↑ "Marriages at Astley Bridge Baptist Church, Eden Street, Bolton". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  4. ↑ Percy Hartley at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  5. ↑ Ged Rea (26 August 2008). "LFC v Standard Liege: Stat attack". Liverpool F.C. official website. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  6. ↑ "Hartley, Percival". The Grecian Archive. University of Exeter. Retrieved 5 January 2022.


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