Gary Hetherington (born 1954) is an English professional

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

executive and former professional

footballer and

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. He is the chief executive officer of the

Leeds Rhinos The Leeds Rhinos are a professional rugby league club in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The club was formed in 1870 as Leeds St John's and play in the Super League, the top tier of English rugby league. They have played home matches at Headi ...

in the

Super League The Super League (officially known as the Betfred Super League due to sponsorship from Betfred and legally known as Super League Europe), is the top-level of the British rugby league system. At present the league consists of twelve teams, of wh ...

. Hetherington made his début for

Wakefield Trinity Wakefield Trinity is a professional rugby league club in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, that plays in the Super League. One of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, between 1999 and 2016 the c ...

in January 1973. He played for Wakefield Trinity,

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Leeds Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by populati ...

Hunslet Hunslet () is an inner-city area in south Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is southeast of the Leeds city centre, city centre and has an industrial past. It is situated in the Hunslet and Riverside (ward), Hunslet and Riverside ward of Lee ...

(

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Kent Invicta Kent Invicta is a defunct rugby league team that were based in Maidstone, Kent and later Southend in Essex. History Kent Invicta RLFC and Southend Invicta RLFC ''Kent Invicta RLFC'' was formed by a local businessman, Paul Faires, and Jim Thompso ...

Huddersfield Huddersfield is a market town in the Kirklees district in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confluence into ...

Sheffield Eagles The Sheffield Eagles are a professional rugby league club that play in the Championship (rugby league), Betfred Championship. The club play their home games at the Olympic Legacy Park (OLP) on the former site of Don Valley Stadium, their forme ...

and

Whitehaven Whitehaven is a town and port on the English north west coast and near to the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it lies by road south-west of Carlisle and to the north of Barrow-in-Furness. It is th ...

(two spells). He played as a , and also as a . Hetherington founded

in 1982. He served as the club's general manager and coach as well as a player. He joined

in 1996, and rebranded the club in 1997, adding the Rhinos nickname. In his time at Leeds, the club has won eight Super League Grand Finals, three Challenge Cups and three World Club Challenges. In 1997, he and

Paul Caddick Paul Caddick (born July 1950) is a British businessman who is the founder of Caddick Group, a civil engineering business established in 1979, and Moda Living, a property development company. He is currently the director of 119 companies. Earl ...

bought

rugby league team, and they co-founded

Leeds Rugby Limited Leeds Rugby Limited is the 'Worlds First Dual Rugby Partnership', between the main Rugby league and Rugby Union sides in the city of Leeds, these being the Leeds Rhinos (Rugby League) and Leeds Tykes (Rugby Union). Both teams played at the Head ...

. He was President of the Rugby Football League in 2004. His wife Kath was President of the Rugby Football League in 1995.

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Leeds Rhinos profileLeeds Rhinos: Pressure’s on us admits HetheringtonGary Hetherington looks back at 20 years of Super League
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hetherington, Gary 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 Rugby league players 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

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