Ellery Hanley

Cuthwyn Ellery Hanley is an English former rugby league footballer and coach. Over a nineteen year professional career from 1978 to 1997 he played for Bradford Northern, Wigan, Balmain, Western Suburbs and Leeds. He won 36 caps for Great Britain, captaining the team from 1988 to 1992, and two for England. Nicknamed Mr Magic and The Black Pearl, he played most often as a stand-off or loose forward after starting out as a centre or wing. He won the Man of Steel Award a record three times, the Lance Todd Trophy once and the Golden Boot in 1988, and was awarded the MBE in 1990 for services to the game. He was inducted into the Rugby Football League Hall of Fame in 2005 and later coached Great Britain, St Helens and Doncaster.