Records of Thomas Smales on Ancestry

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Thomas Smales and the Smales Family History

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Smales Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Smales family tree.

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Thomas Smales

Thomas "Tommy" Smales (19 December 1934 – 26 October 2017) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, and coached in the 1960s and 1970s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and England, and at club level for Castleford (Heritage № 443), Huddersfield (captain), Bradford Northern, North Sydney Bears and Wakefield Trinity (Heritage № 736) as a, i.e. number 7, and coached at club level for Castleford and Featherstone Rovers (two spells).
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