About Thomas Tetley
Lived 1856 – 1924 (aged 67–68). Thomas Tetley was a British rugby league player and rugby union player.
Thomas "Tom" Spence Tetley (birth registered second 1856 – 15 August 1924 ) was an English rugby union footballer who played in the 1870s. He played at representative level for England, and at club level for Bradford F.C., as a three-quarter, i.e. wing or centre. Prior to Tuesday 27 August 1895, Bradford F.C. was a rugby union club, it then became a rugby league club, and since 1907 it has been the association football (soccer) club Bradford Park Avenue.
Playing career Tetley won a cap for England while at Bradford F.C. in 1875–76 Home Nations rugby union match against Scotland.
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Who was Thomas Tetley?
English rugby union player
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Thomas Tetley was born in 1856.
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Thomas Tetley died on 15 August 1924 in Wharfedale.
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Thomas Tetley was a rugby league player and rugby union player.
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Thomas Tetley was British.
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