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'''Isidore Bernard Dockweiler'''. ( - 1947) was a prominent California lawyer and politician from a pioneering Los Angeles family. |
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{{Template:Infobox_esl_club | clubname = Hunslet Hawks |
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| image = [[Image:hunslet_hawks.gif|center]] |
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| fullname = ''Hunslet Hawks Rugby League Football Club'' |
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| nick name= ''Parksiders'' |
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| emblem = [[Hawk]] |
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| colours = White, [[myrtle]] and [[flame]] |
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| founded = 1883 |
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| sport = [[Rugby league]] |
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| league = [[National League Two]] |
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| ground = [[South Leeds Stadium]] |
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| web = [http://www.hunslethawksrl.co.uk/ www.hunslethawksrl.co.uk] |
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}} |
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Admitted to the practice of law October 1889, practicing for 58 years. Married to Gertrude Reeve. He and his wife had 13 children, 11 of which grew to adulthood (2 died in infancy). |
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'''Hunslet Hawks''' are a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[rugby league]] club. They are based in South [[Leeds]], [[West Yorkshire]]. The club are sometimes known as 'the Parksiders' after their former stadium. |
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He served on the Los Angeles Common Council, forerunner to the Los Angeles City Council. |
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Some famous Hunslet players include [[Jason Robinson]] and [[Cec Thompson]]. |
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He had numerous positions throughout his life, both local and national. He served as President of the Los Angeles City Library Commission and as a member of the U.S. Indian Commission. |
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==History== |
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Dockweiler was defeated in the August 31, 1926 Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate nomination for California, losing to John B. Elliott. Elliott was the contestant sponsored by the then former U.S. Treasury Secretary William G. McAdoo. |
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[[Image:Albert goldthorpe all4cups.jpg|thumb|left|Albert Goldthorpe of Hunslet Hawks with "[[All Four Cups]]" in 1908]] |
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Served as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention. |
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===Early years=== |
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On January 26, 1955, the California State Parks Commission renamed the Venice-Hyperion Beach State Park in Playa del Rey to the Isidore B. Dockweiler Beach State Park. Dockweiler served as a member of that commission from 1939 until his death. |
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In May of 1883 two local teams, Albion and Excelsior, were granted the sum of £30 to form the Hunslet Rugby Club. At the end of that year the Imperial side joined the Hunslet club. |
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Dockweiler, a Catholic, was awarded Pontifical knighthood as a Knight of Saint Gregory for meritorious service to the Catholic Church. |
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Hunslet announced their arrival the following season by beating Leeds St John's (later to become [[Leeds Rhinos]]) in the third round of the Yorkshire Cup. Better fixtures drew larger crowds and as a result the landlord wanted to put up the rent. The search was on for another ground, club officials purchased at little cost 10.25 acres of waste land at Hunslet Carr from the Low Moor Iron and Coal Company and had to shift 2,000 tons of rubbish to create what would become Parkside, which they moved to in 1888. |
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Father to Congressman John Francis Dockweiler. |
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The first game was played in February 1888. Just one season later Hunslet won their first trophy, the Yorkshire Cup, beating Leeds St John's. In 1895, Hunslet were one of the twenty-one clubs that broke away from the [[Rugby Football Union]], and joined the [[Northern Union]]. |
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He was interred in Calvary Cemetery (New Calvary Catholic Cemetery) in East Los Angeles. |
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[[Billy Batten]] signed for Hunslet as a seventeen-year-old in 1905. |
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In the 1905-06 season Hunslet won the Yorkshire Cup. They were the first club to win [[All Four Cups]], which they did in the 1907-08 season. Powered by a pack known as the Terrible Six, Hunslet were led by [[Albert Goldthorpe]], already in his late thirties but a dominant figure in the early years of the code. Many players left Parkside following this success either being transferred to other clubs or going into retirement. |
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(1) Metropolitan News-Enterprise (Los Angeles), Thursday, July 17, 2008. |
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(2) Metropolitan News-Enterprise (Los Angeles), Thursday, July 24, 2008. |
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After Batten failed to come to terms with Hunslet in 1912, he was transferred to Hull for the then record sum of £600. In 1921, [[Harold Buck]] became the game’s first £1,000 transfer when he moved from Hunslet to [[Leeds Rhinos|Leeds]]. According to some sources, the deal included a player in part exchange. |
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In the remaining years up to the 1930s, Hunslet had rather a lean period, until 1932 when they regained the Yorkshire League Trophy and made it to the final of the Yorkshire Cup. Hunslet celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1933/34. The club did this in some style as Hunslet beat Widnes at Wembley Stadium in the Challenge Cup Final. Hunslet tasted success in 1938 by beating Leeds in the Championship Final at [[Elland Road]], Leeds in front of a then world record crowd of 54,112. This wave of success was only halted by the Second World War, Hunslet dropped out of the wartime Yorkshire league in 1942-3 but returned to the competition in 1943-4. |
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===Post war=== |
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Hunslet's fanbase went into decline as post-war slum clearances changed what had been a residential area into an industrial one. Hunslet tried to keep the success going but never quite achieved it despite reaching a number of semi-finals and finals. However, Hunslet produced a number of international players as well as a respectable league record. The club always had strength in a supply of local talent mixed with both Welsh and Australian imports. |
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In the 1960s the club were classic underachievers. Although the players were a group of experienced and talented people they were unable to harness their skills to best effect. This changed when Fred Ward was appointed player-coach at the start of the 1962/63 season. Within three years of his appointment, Hunslet had won and secured a position in the top division, appeared in two Yorkshire Cup finals and in 1965 took part in one of the best ever Challenge Cup finals losing narrowly to Wigan. Again the side were split up by transfers and retirements. Just two years later in 1967 the dream was over. Ward left the club and with that the club entered free fall. |
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Parkside's stand was burned down by vandals in 1971. Parkside was sold off to an industrial developer for around £300,000 in 1972 and was quickly demolished. Hunslet sold the ground and became tenants at the Elland Road greyhound stadium. By July the following year the club had folded. |
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Due to the efforts of their former Great Britain forward Geoff Gunney, local businessmen and supporters the club managed to reform as ''New Hunslet'' for the 1973-4 season and moved to the Leeds Greyhound Stadium. The stay at the Greyhound Stadium was cut short when the owners closed the ground. The club reverted to New Hunslet for the 1979-80 season. |
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The next ground to host Hunslet was Batley, before Hunslet moved to [[Elland Road]] football stadium then owned by the local council. After leaving Elland Road, Hunslet had a brief spell at Bramley. |
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===The 1990s and onwards=== |
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On 19th November 1995, the club, now known as Hunslet Hawks, moved to the [[South Leeds Stadium]], only about half a mile from Parkside. They then narrowly missed out on promotion in 1996. |
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In 1997 the Hawks appeared at Wembley Stadium for the first time since 1965 in the first (and last) Challenge Cup Plate Final but were beaten by Hull Kingston Rovers. Also in that year, the Hawks were promoted to the First Division as champions. |
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In 1999 Hunslet won the Northern Ford Premiership Grand Final against Dewsbury 12-11 at Headingley. After that game the Hawks were denied entry to Super League by the RFL who cited a document called 'Framing the Future' as justification. This caused a number of players to leave the club and for the average attendance to fall by more than 1,200 to 800. |
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=Recent= |
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=== current squad === |
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{| width=95% |
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|- bgcolor=#9799F3 |
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|- bgcolor=#D0E7FF |
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|align=centre|'''1''' |
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|'''[[[[Matt Bramald]]]]''' |
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|align=centre|'''Full-Back''' |
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|- bgcolor=#D0E7FF |
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|align=centre|'''2''' |
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|'''[[Andrew Robinson]]''' |
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|align=centre|'''Wing''' |
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|- bgcolor=#D0E7FF |
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|align=centre|'''3''' |
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|'''[[Eddie Mac]]''' |
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|align=centre|'''Centre''' |
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|- bgcolor=#D0E7FF |
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|align=centre|'''5''' |
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|'''[[Steve morton]]''' |
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|align=centre|'''Wing''' |
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|- bgcolor=#D0E7FF |
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|align=centre|'''7''' |
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|''' [[Mark Moxon]], [[Matty Firth]]''' |
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|align=centre|'''Scrum Half''' |
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|- bgcolor=#D0E7FF |
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|align=centre|'''8''' |
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|'''[[Matt Carbutt]], [[Danny Ekis]]''' |
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|align=centre|'''Prop''' |
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|- bgcolor=#D0E7FF |
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|align=centre|'''9''' |
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|'''[[Jonny Wainhouse]], [[Darren Robinson]]''' |
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|align=centre|'''Hooker''' |
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|- bgcolor=#D0E7FF |
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|align=centre|'''10''' |
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|'''[[Danny Cook]], [[Danny Murgatroyd]]''' |
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|align=centre|'''Prop''' |
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|- bgcolor=#D0E7FF |
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|align=centre|'''11''' |
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|'''[[Paul Seal]], [[Carl Gunney]]''' |
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|align=centre|'''Second-Row''' |
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|- bgcolor=#D0E7FF |
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|align=centre|'''12''' |
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|'''[[Will Cartledge]]''' |
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|align=centre|'''Loose-Forward''' |
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|- bgcolor=#D0E7FF |
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|align=centre|'''13''' |
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|'''[[Gareth Greenwood]]''' |
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|align=centre|'''Loose-Forward''' |
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Head Coach:[[Mark Cass]] |
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==Sources== |
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* [http://www.yorkshirerugbyleague.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=2310&ArticleID=1089326 Hawks:facts and history] |
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* [http://www.hunslethawksrl.co.uk/ Hunslet official site] |
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{{Rugby_league_NL2}} |
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[[Category:Sports clubs established in 1883]] |
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[[Category:British rugby league teams]] |
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[[Category:Sport in Leeds]] |
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[[Category:Sport in West Yorkshire]] |
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Revision as of 02:36, 6 August 2008
Isidore Bernard Dockweiler. ( - 1947) was a prominent California lawyer and politician from a pioneering Los Angeles family.
Admitted to the practice of law October 1889, practicing for 58 years. Married to Gertrude Reeve. He and his wife had 13 children, 11 of which grew to adulthood (2 died in infancy).
He served on the Los Angeles Common Council, forerunner to the Los Angeles City Council.
He had numerous positions throughout his life, both local and national. He served as President of the Los Angeles City Library Commission and as a member of the U.S. Indian Commission.
Dockweiler was defeated in the August 31, 1926 Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate nomination for California, losing to John B. Elliott. Elliott was the contestant sponsored by the then former U.S. Treasury Secretary William G. McAdoo.
Served as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention.
On January 26, 1955, the California State Parks Commission renamed the Venice-Hyperion Beach State Park in Playa del Rey to the Isidore B. Dockweiler Beach State Park. Dockweiler served as a member of that commission from 1939 until his death.
Dockweiler, a Catholic, was awarded Pontifical knighthood as a Knight of Saint Gregory for meritorious service to the Catholic Church.
Father to Congressman John Francis Dockweiler.
He was interred in Calvary Cemetery (New Calvary Catholic Cemetery) in East Los Angeles.
References: (1) Metropolitan News-Enterprise (Los Angeles), Thursday, July 17, 2008. (2) Metropolitan News-Enterprise (Los Angeles), Thursday, July 24, 2008.