About Jerry Hanley
Lived 1901 – 1981 (aged 79). Jerry Hanley was a rugby union player.
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.
Hanley was falsely reported to have been killed following a German raid on Plymouth in 1941.
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Jerry Hanley was born on 14 September 1901.
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Jerry Hanley died on 5 May 1981.
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Jerry Hanley was a rugby union player.
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