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Gary Henley-Smith is a New Zealand sprinter and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played club-level rugby league for Wigan and Fulham RLFC as a Шаблон:Rlp.

Early years

Henley-Smith attended Auckland Grammar School, where he was Auckland and New Zealand secondary schools senior boys 100m and 200m champion and held several records.[1]

He held the New Zealand junior men's 100m and 200m records at 10.4s and 21.7s. His 10.4s 100m record, set in 1977, stood for 13 years.[2]

Athletics career

Henley-Smith was a member of the Oceania team at the World Cup in Germany in 1977. That same year he joined Washington State University on a scholarship, spending four years in the United States. When he returned he was a member of Waitakere City Athletic Club and was the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association 100m and 200m national champion in 1982 and 1983.Шаблон:Fact

He missed selection for the Commonwealth Games in 1978 due to a stress fracture.[3]

He competed in New Zealand's 4 × 100 metres relay team at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland.[1]

Rugby league career

Henley-Smith spent the 1985–86 Rugby Football League season playing rugby league in England, joining Wigan, he played Шаблон:Rlp in Wigan's 14–8 victory over New Zealand in the 1985 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain and France match at Central Park, Wigan on Sunday 6 October 1985,[4] and played Шаблон:Rlp (replaced by interchange/substitute Steve Hampson) in Wigan's 34–8 victory over Warrington in the 1985 Lancashire Cup Final during the 1985–86 season at Knowsley Road, St. Helens, on Sunday 13 October 1985.[5]

Later years

Henley-Smith spent a number of years as a physical education teacher at St Paul's Collegiate School in Hamilton, New Zealand,[1] before moving to Scots College, Wellington as Director of Boarding.[6][7]

References

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External links

Шаблон:1990 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team Шаблон:Footer New Zealand NC 100 m men Шаблон:Footer New Zealand NC 200 m men Шаблон:Authority control