{{short description|English footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Use British English|date=December 2019}} {{multiple issues| {{more citations needed|date=November 2014}} {{more footnotes needed|date=November 2014}} }}
{{Infobox football biography | name = Roy Hartle | image = | fullname = | height = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1931|10|4|df=y}} | birth_place =Catshill, Worcestershire, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|11|5|1931|10|4|df=y}} | death_place =Bolton, England | position = Right back | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Bromsgrove Rovers | youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = Bolton Wanderers | years1 = 1952–1966 | years2 = | years3 = 1967 | clubs1 = Bolton Wanderers | clubs2 = Buxton | clubs3 = New York Generals | caps1 = 447 | goals1 = 11 | caps2 = ? | goals2 = ? | caps3 = 3 | goals3 = 0 | totalcaps = | totalgoals = }} '''Roy Hartle''' (4 October 1931 – 5 November 2014) was an English professional footballer, mainly playing at right-back.
Hartle signed for these clubs during his career: Bolton Wanderers as a sixteen-year-old from non-league Bromsgrove Rovers and went on to become a stalwart, representing the club in 499 games in all competitions. His achievements include a 1958 FA Cup Final winner's medal, playing in the side that beat Manchester United 2–0.
After a spell in the US with the New York Generals as a player/coach,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nasljerseys.com/Players/H/Hartle.Roy.htm|title=NASL-Roy Hartle|website=www.nasljerseys.com}}</ref><ref>[http://www.nasljerseys.com/images/Generals/Generals%2067%20Road%20Team.JPG 1967 New York Generals]</ref> he called time on his playing career and was appointed as Chief Scout at Bury after turning down other job offers with the likes of Stoke City and Grimsby Town.<ref name="Hartletributes">{{cite news |title=Tributes flow for Wanderers legend Roy Hartle|date=6 November 2014 |publisher=The Bolton News|url=http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/11586124.Tributes_flow_for_Wanderers_legend_Roy_Hartle/}}</ref>
Appearing in Bolton's Hall of Fame and having a club suite at the Macron Stadium 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.<ref name="Hartle">{{cite news|title=Club Statement: Roy Hartle|date=5 November 2014|publisher=Bolton Wanderers F.C.|url=http://www.bwfc.co.uk/news/article/club-statement-roy-hartle-51114-2065645.aspx|access-date=5 November 2014|archive-date=6 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106015318/http://www.bwfc.co.uk/news/article/club-statement-roy-hartle-51114-2065645.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Honours== '''Bolton Wanderers''' *FA Cup: 1957–58<ref>{{cite book |first1=Leslie |first2=Jack |last1=Vernon |last2=Rollin |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1977–78 |year=1977 |publisher=Brickfield Publications Ltd |location=London |isbn=0354-09018-6 |page=490}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Soccerbase}} *[http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player5/royhartle.html Roy Hartle Bolton stats] *[https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/archive/2002/8/28/599281.html/ From the Bolton Evening News]
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