A right half, Halley began his senior career with Scottish League Division One club Kilmarnock in 1907 and moved to England in 1911,[4] where, either side of the First World War, he made 220 appearances in the Football League for Burnley, Bradford (Park Avenue) and Southend United.
[7] During his long spell in England, he was selected for the Home Scots v Anglo-Scots international trial on three occasions (1913, 1914, 1922), without it leading to a full cap.
[11] He served as a sapper in the Royal Engineers during the war and saw action in France and Mesopotamia, before being posted to India in 1919.
[11] After his retirement from football, Halley worked as a plasterer and studied at Ruskin College, Oxford.
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