Roy Hartle (4 October 1931 – 5 November 2014) was an English professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

, mainly playing at right-back. Hartle signed for these clubs during his career:

Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pike's ...

as a sixteen-year-old from non-league

Bromsgrove Rovers Bromsgrove Rovers F.C. was a non-League football club from the town of Bromsgrove in Worcestershire. The peak of the club's success was in 1993 when Rovers finished runner-up in the Football Conference. They went into administration during the ...

and went on to become a stalwart, representing the club in 499 games in all competitions. His achievements include a

1958 FA Cup Final The 1958 FA Cup Final was contested on 3 May 1958 by Bolton Wanderers and Manchester United at Wembley Stadium, London, in front of a crowd of almost 100,000. The referee was J. Sherlock. Bolton won 2–0, with a double by Nat Lofthouse, who sco ...

winner's medal, playing in the side that beat

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2–0. After a spell in the US with the

New York Generals The New York Generals were an American professional soccer team based in New York City that competed in the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL) in 1967 and the North American Soccer League (NASL) in 1968. Founded as charter members o ...

as a player/coach,http://www.nasljerseys.com/images/Generals/Generals%2067%20Road%20Team.JPG he called time on his playing career and was appointed as Chief Scout at

Bury Bury may refer to: *The burial of human remains *-bury, a suffix in English placenames Places England * Bury, Cambridgeshire, a village * Bury, Greater Manchester, a town, historically in Lancashire ** Bury (UK Parliament constituency) (1832–19 ...

after turning down other job offers with the likes of

Stoke City Stoke City Football Club is a professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, which competes in the . Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, it changed its name to Stoke in 1878 and then to Stoke City in 1925 after Stoke ...

and Grimsby Town. Appearing in Bolton's Hall of Fame and having a club suite at the

Macron Stadium The University of Bolton Stadium is the home ground of Bolton Wanderers F.C. in Horwich, Greater Manchester, England. Opening in 1997, it was named the Reebok Stadium, after club sponsors Reebok. In 2014, Bolton Wanderers signed a naming righ ...

named in his honour, he died on 5 November 2014 at the age of 83, after spending time at a local nursing home following a long illness.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hartle, Roy 1931 births 2014 deaths Bolton Wanderers F.C. players Buxton F.C. players Bromsgrove Rovers F.C. players English Football League players English Football League representative players Association football fullbacks People from Worcestershire (before 1974) Bury F.C. non-playing staff National Professional Soccer League (1967) players New York Generals (NPSL) players English footballers FA Cup Final players