Nelson Hardy
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Nelson 'Bill' Hardy was an Australia
n rugby league
footballer of the 1920s and 30s.
Hardy was playing first grade in the NSWRFL premiership for his side, the Eastern Suburbs
club, at just 18 years of age. An accomplished centre or fullback Hardy played 87 matches for Easts
in the years 1925-30. In 1928 Hardy was a member of the Eastern Suburbs side that was defeated by South Sydney
in that years premiership decider. On 22 December 1928 Hardy took place in rugby league first night match, an exhibition match between that years finalists Easts and Souths.
Hardy played in three tests for the Australia national rugby league team in the 1928 season against a touring Great Britain
side and was a representative of New South Wales
on 15 occasions throughout his career.
Hardy played out his career in England
with the Warrington Wolves
club.
Hardy's sons Kevin and Don
played first grade for Eastern Suburbs
while his grandson, Steve, was an Australian schoolboy rugby league representative who played for both the Cronulla-Sutherland and Eastern Suburbs clubs.
A glazier
by trade Hardy was aged 86 at the time of his death in 1993.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
footballer of the 1920s and 30s.
Sydney Roosters
The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League and is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Australian rugby league history, having won twelve New South Wales Rugby League...
club, at just 18 years of age. An accomplished centre or fullback Hardy played 87 matches for Easts
Sydney Roosters
The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League and is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Australian rugby league history, having won twelve New South Wales Rugby League...
in the years 1925-30. In 1928 Hardy was a member of the Eastern Suburbs side that was defeated by South Sydney
South Sydney Rabbitohs
The South Sydney Rabbitohs are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in Redfern, a suburb of South-central Sydney, New South Wales. They participate in the National Rugby League premiership and are one of nine existing teams from the state capital...
in that years premiership decider. On 22 December 1928 Hardy took place in rugby league first night match, an exhibition match between that years finalists Easts and Souths.
Hardy played in three tests for the Australia national rugby league team in the 1928 season against a touring Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
side and was a representative of New South Wales
New South Wales Rugby League team
The New South Wales rugby league team has represented the Australian state of New South Wales in rugby league football since the sport's beginnings there in 1907. Administered by the New South Wales Rugby League, the team competes in the annual State of Origin series against arch-rivals, the...
on 15 occasions throughout his career.
Hardy played out his career in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
with the Warrington Wolves
Warrington Wolves
Warrington Wolves are a professional rugby league football club based in Warrington, England that competes in Super League. They play at the Halliwell Jones Stadium, having moved there from Wilderspool in 2003....
club.
Hardy's sons Kevin and Don
Don Hardy
Donald 'Don' Wrightson Hardy was an English cricketer. Hardy was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in East Boldon, County Durham and educated at Worksop College....
played first grade for Eastern Suburbs
Sydney Roosters
The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League and is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Australian rugby league history, having won twelve New South Wales Rugby League...
while his grandson, Steve, was an Australian schoolboy rugby league representative who played for both the Cronulla-Sutherland and Eastern Suburbs clubs.
A glazier
Glazier
A Glazier is a construction professional who selects, cuts, installs, replaces, and removes residential, commercial, and artistic glass. Glaziers also install aluminum storefront frames and entrances, glass handrails and balustrades, shower enclosures, curtain wall framing and glass and mirror...
by trade Hardy was aged 86 at the time of his death in 1993.
Sources
- Whiticker, AlanAlan WhitickerAlan J. Whiticker is an Australian non-fiction author with currently over 30 published books.Whiticker writes primarily on matters pertaining to the history of the sport of rugby league in Australia, but has also published works on subjects as diverse as the Wanda Beach Murders and an adaptation...
& Hudson, Glen (2006) The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, Gavin Allen Publishing, Sydney - (David Middleton), Rugby League Yearbook