David Halley (born 12 October 1986) is a former Wales international rugby league footballer who played as a winger and fullback in the 2000s and 2010s. He plays as an amateur for Bradford Dudley Hill RLFC.

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Dave Halley

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Full name	David Halley
Born	(1986-10-12) 12 October 1986 (age 37) Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
Playing information
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight	13 st 3 lb (84 kg)
Position	Fullback, Wing
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2007–10 Bradford Bulls 82 27 0 0 108 2009(loan) →Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 5 4 0 0 16 2011 Keighley Cougars 8 1 1 0 6 Total 95 32 1 0 130 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2007–08 Wales 3 0 0 0 0
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He played at club level for the Bradford Bulls and the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in the Super League, and the Keighley Cougars in Championship 1. Halley won the Bradford Bulls' 2009 Player of the Year award.

A product of the Bradford Academy, Halley is renowned for his tremendous pace and acceleration and was a firm favourite of the Bradford fans.

He came third behind Darren Albert, in the Fastest Man in Rugby League competition in 2005. He was entered into the 2009 event.^{[citation needed]}

On 15 April 2007 Halley coming off the bench made a try scoring début at Grattan Stadium against Hull Kingston Rovers. The following week Halley made his full début against Hull F.C. at the KC Stadium

Halley established himself in the first team in 2008, he scored 4 tries against Toulouse in the Bradford Bulls record 98–6 win

Halley was on Loan at Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, and scored both tries in the 12–6 win over Wigan Warriors, Halley played 5 games for Wakefield Trinity Wildcats until he returned to Bradford in March 2009. By April 2009 Halley had established himself as the first-choice full back for the Bulls and in July 2009 his form was rewarded when he signed a new two-year contract, extending his stay at Bradford until the end of 2011^[2]

On 30 June 2011 Bradford Bulls released Halley from the rest of his contract so that he could feature more regularly in first team rugby, he was quickly snapped up by neighbours Keighley Cougars.^[3]