{{Short description|English rugby union player}} {{Use British English|date=April 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox rugby biography |name = Charles Henry Horley |fullname = Charles Henry Horley |image = |imagesize = |caption = |birth_date = 1860 |birth_place = Pendlebury, England |death_date = 10 May 1924 (aged 63) |death_place = Birkdale, England |height = |weight = |ru_position = Forwards |clubs1 = Swinton |repteam1 = England<ref name="Statistics at en.espn.co.uk (RU)">{{cite web|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/england/rugby/player/720.html|title=Statistics at en.espn.co.uk (RU)|publisher=en.espn.co.uk|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}</ref> |repyears1 = 1885 |repcaps1 = 1 |reppoints1 = 0 }}
'''Charles Henry Horley''' (birth registered July→September 1860<ref name="Birth details at freebmd.org.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=nYpBVTNzd2hW%2BzFW1vPQIQ&scan=1|title=Birth details at freebmd.org.uk|publisher=freebmd.org.uk|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012}}</ref>{{snd}}10 May 1924<ref name="Death details at freebmd.org.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=HPSmwDxexZIGhf%2BI4iNGqA&scan=1|title=Death details at freebmd.org.uk|publisher=freebmd.org.uk|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012}}</ref>) was an English rugby union footballer who played in the 1880s. He played at representative level for England, and at club level for Swinton,<ref>{{cite book| first1= Graham| last1= Williams| first2= Peter| last2= Lush| first3= David| last3= Farrar| title= The British Rugby League Records Book| publisher= London League| isbn= 978-1-903659-49-6 | year= 2009 | page= 178}}</ref> as a forward, e.g. front row, lock, or back row. Prior to Tuesday 2 June 1896, Swinton was a rugby union club.
==Background== Charlie Horley's birth was registered in Pendlebury, Lancashire, and he died aged 63 in Birkdale, Lancashire.<ref name="Statistics at en.espn.co.uk (RU)"/>
==Playing career== Charlie Horley won a cap for England while at Swinton in 1885 against Ireland.<ref name="Statistics at en.espn.co.uk (RU)"/>
==Personal life== Horley married in 1886 in Chorlton district.<ref name="Marriage details at freebmd.org.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=pbNmLq4P6V%2Fa%2FhhdelQV1w&scan=1|title=Marriage details at freebmd.org.uk|publisher=freebmd.org.uk|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Horley, Charles}} Category:1860 births Category:1924 deaths Category:England international rugby union players Category:English rugby union players Category:People from Pendlebury Category:Sportspeople from the City of Salford Category:Rugby union forwards Category:Rugby union players from Salford Category:Swinton Lions players