Greg Hartley (born 19 July 1942 in Paddington, New South Wales)[2] is an Australian former referee in the New South Wales Rugby Football League competitions of the late 1970s and early 1980s.
[3] Hartley began his rugby league career as a player and had three first-grade games with Newtown Jets in 1967 before rupturing his spleen in a reserve-grade match in the same year.
He underwent a number of surgeries, spent six months in hospital and retired as a player.
He was considered the game's top referee of the time, officiating in the 1978, 1979, 1980 and 1981 Grand Finals before retiring in 1982.
He became a football commentator on radio station 2GB and later 2KY, forming a partnership with former Manly player, Peter Peters, which was popularly known as The Decibel Duo[5] and Hollywood and Zorba.