Career
Hardisty spent the majority of his career with Bishop Auckland, winning the Northern League seven times. Hardisty also made 6 appearances in the Football League for Darlington between 1946 and 1949. Hardisty briefly came out of retirement in 1958 to play for Manchester United following the Munich air disaster, although he never made a league appearance for them.
Hardisty later became a football coach and worked with Matt Busby.
He was portrayed by the actor Liam Shannon in the 2011 British Broadcasting Corporation television drama United.