GB & England international rugby league footballer and coach
Mick Exley
Personal information
Full name
George Henry Exley
Born
15 November 1911 Wakefield, England[1]
Died
February 1990 (aged 78)
Playing information
Height
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight
14 st 12 lb (94 kg)
Rugby league
Position
Wing, Second-row
Club
Years
Team
Pld
T
G
FG
P
1928–47
Wakefield Trinity
449
83
1
0
251
1947–48
Batley
Total
449
83
1
0
251
Representative
Years
Team
Pld
T
G
FG
P
1932–38
Yorkshire
10
83
1
0
251
1932–39
England
3
1
0
0
3
≤1936–≥36
Great Britain
0
Rugby union
Club
Years
Team
Pld
T
G
FG
P
1939–45
Wakefield RFC Old Boys
Coaching information
Club
Years
Team
Gms
W
D
L
W%
1947–48
Batley
Source: [2][3][4]
George Henry Exley (15 November 1911[5] – February 1990),[6] also known by the nickname of 'Mick', was an English rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, and coached rugby league in the 1940s. He played representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain (non-Test matches), England and Yorkshire, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity (captain) (two spells, pre and post-World War II) and Hanging Heaton WMC ARLFC, as a wing and later as a second-row,[2] and club level rugby union (RU) for Wakefield RFC Old Boys (in a period of dispensation for "retired" rugby league players during World War II, he would later return to rugby league with Wakefield Trinity), and coached at club level for Batley.
^"The Leeds Loiner – Challenge Cup semi-final – Keighley v. Wakefield Trinity, Saturday 3 April 1937". footballzone.co.uk. 31 December 2016. Archived from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
^ ab"Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^"England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^"Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^"Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
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player to play for Trinity (after Ernest Pollard, Harry Wilkinson and MickExley), but he is 19th in that list now. He gradually developed into a strong...
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blogspot.co.uk. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013. 2 January 1948. MickExley Leaves Batley. Yorkshire Evening Post. ISBN n/a "1957–1958 Challenge Cup...
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