Thomas Tetley
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Thomas "Tom" Spence Tetley (birth registered April→June 1856 Bradford
— died 15 August in Wharfedale
) was a rugby union
footballer of the 1870s who at representative level played for England
, and at club level for Bradford F.C.
, playing in the Three-quarters, i.e. Wing or Centre. Prior to 27 August 1895, Bradford F.C. was a rugby union
club, and since 1907 it has been the association football (soccer) club Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C.
.
while at Bradford F.C. in 1875–76 Home Nations rugby union match against Scotland.
code to the rugby league
code on the 27th August 1895, Tom Tetley would have been approximateley 39. Consequently, he would have probably been too old to have been both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Bradford F.C.
.
Bradford
Bradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, in Northern England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897...
— died 15 August in Wharfedale
Wharfedale
Wharfedale is one of the Yorkshire Dales in England. It is the valley of the River Wharfe. Towns and villages in Wharfedale include Buckden, Kettlewell, Conistone, Grassington, Hebden, Ilkley, Burley-in-Wharfedale, Otley, Pool-in-Wharfedale, Arthington, Collingham, and Wetherby...
) was a rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
footballer of the 1870s who at representative level played for England
England national rugby union team
The England national rugby union team represents England in rugby union. They compete in the annual Six Nations Championship with France, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, and Wales. They have won this championship on 26 occasions, 12 times winning the Grand Slam, making them the most successful team in...
, and at club level for Bradford F.C.
Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C.
Bradford Association Football Club, previously also known as Bradford and since its reformation in the 1970s now referred to as Bradford Park Avenue, is a football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England...
, playing in the Three-quarters, i.e. Wing or Centre. Prior to 27 August 1895, Bradford F.C. was a rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
club, and since 1907 it has been the association football (soccer) club Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C.
Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C.
Bradford Association Football Club, previously also known as Bradford and since its reformation in the 1970s now referred to as Bradford Park Avenue, is a football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England...
.
International honours
Tom Tetley won a cap for EnglandEngland national rugby union team
The England national rugby union team represents England in rugby union. They compete in the annual Six Nations Championship with France, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, and Wales. They have won this championship on 26 occasions, 12 times winning the Grand Slam, making them the most successful team in...
while at Bradford F.C. in 1875–76 Home Nations rugby union match against Scotland.
Change of Code
When Bradford F.C. converted from the rugby unionRugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
code to the 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...
code on the 27th August 1895, Tom Tetley would have been approximateley 39. Consequently, he would have probably been too old to have been both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Bradford F.C.
Genealogical information
Tom Tetley's marriage was registered during April→June 1881 in KnaresboroughKnaresborough
Knaresborough is an old and historic market town, spa town and civil parish in the Borough of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, located on the River Nidd, four miles east of the centre of Harrogate.-History:...
.