Maurice Lindsay (rugby)
| Maurice Lindsay | |
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| Born |
8 May 1941 Horwich, Lancashire, England |
Maurice Lindsay is the former chairman of Preston North End F.C. and of Wigan Rugby League F.C. and had two stints at the club after being one of the 'Gang of Four' directors that used to run the club when it domininated the league in the 1980s.
Lindsay was the owner of a contractors plant hire company as well as a bookmaker when he came to Wigan in 1980 to join Jack Robinson, Tom Rathbone & Jack Hilton. This led to an upsurge in the fortunes of the club. Wigan became one of the first teams to turn professional in the league and dominated the scene winning an impressive eight League Championships, between 1987–96, as well as nine Challenge Cup wins including a record eight consecutive wins between 1988-95 as well as five Lancashire County Cups and three World Club Championships.
Lindsay was directly responsible for some of the recruitment in that time frame, bringing players to the club who later went on to become legends such as Dean Bell, Andrew Farrell, Andy Goodway, Andy Platt, Brett Kenny, Denis Betts, Ellery Hanley, Frano Botica, Joe Lydon, Jason Robinson, Martin Offiah and Mick Cassidy.
During his time at the club, Lindsay became team manager of the Great Britain RL team. He was manager when the team toured New Zealand in 1990 and Australia in 1992. He was also elected as President of the Rugby Football League in 1992.
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