Gary Hetherington
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| Full name | Gary Hetherington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1954 (age 69–70) Castleford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Hooker, Second-row | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gary Hetherington (born 1954) is an English rugby league executive and former footballer, and coach. He is currently chief executive officer of the Leeds Rhinos in the Super League.[3]
Hetherington made his début for Wakefield Trinity in January 1973. He played for Wakefield Trinity, Leeds, Hunslet (loan), Kent Invicta, Huddersfield, Sheffield Eagles and Whitehaven (two spells). He played as a hooker, and also as a second-row.
Hetherington founded Sheffield Eagles in 1982. He served as the club's general manager and coach as well as a player.[3]
He joined Leeds in 1996, and rebranded the club in 1997, adding the Rhinos nickname.[3] In his time at Leeds, the club has won eight Super League Grand Finals, three Challenge Cups and three World Club Challenges.[citation needed]
In 1997, he and Paul Caddick bought Leeds Rhinos rugby league team, and they co-founded Leeds Rugby Limited.[citation needed]
He was President of the Rugby Football League in 2004.[3] His wife Kath was President of the Rugby Football League in 1995.[3]
See also
- List of Super League rugby league club owners
- List of owners of English football clubs
- List of professional sports team owners
References
- ^ RLP
- ^ RLP coaching
- ^ a b c d e "Gary Hetherington". Leeds Rhinos. 6 September 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
External links
- 1954 births
- Living people
- British rugby league administrators
- English chief executives
- English rugby league coaches
- English rugby league players
- Huddersfield Giants players
- Kent Invicta players
- Leeds Rhinos players
- Leeds Rhinos
- Sportspeople from Castleford
- Rugby league chairmen and investors
- Rugby league hookers
- Rugby league second-rows
- Sheffield Eagles (1984) coaches
- Sheffield Eagles (1984) players
- Wakefield Trinity players
- Whitehaven R.L.F.C. players