Rugby League Heritage Centre
- Rugby League Heritage Centre
The Rugby League Heritage Centre is located in the basement of the George Hotel, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. It is the UK’s only rugby league heritage museum. It was the brainchild of sports presenter Mike Stephenson.
It was in the George Hotel, Huddersfield on August 29, 1895 that 21 northern clubs held a meeting and by a majority of 20 to 1 voted to secede from the Rugby Football Union to set up their own Northern Rugby Football Union. In 1922 this became the Rugby Football League.
The Rugby League Heritage centre was opened on 30 August 2005 by former players Billy Boston, Neil Fox and Mick Sullivan.
The Rugby League Heritage Centre is open from February to October, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday to Sunday. It has displays of memorabilia, including rare shirts, medals, caps, programmes and photographs. There is also footage played on several plasma screens. The British Rugby League Hall of Fame is now located in the Heritage Centre.
External links
* [http://www.timaps.co.uk/place?pl=gillette-rugby-league-heritage-centre Rugby League Heritage Centre on Timaps.co.uk]
* [http://msn.skysports.com/skysports/article/0,,10-1194291,00.html#information Stevo's shrine to the greatest game (Sky Sports)]
* [http://www.rlhalloffame.org.uk/ Hall of Fame website]
* [http://www.rugbyleagueheritageproject.com/rules.asp Rugby League Heritage Project]
* [http://www.rugbyleagueoralhistory.co.uk/ Up and under: Rugby League Oral History Project]
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