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The Rugby League Heritage Centre was formerly located in the basement of the George Hotel, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. It was the first rugby league heritage museum and was significantly influenced by Sky Sports presenter and former Great Britain international Mike Stephenson .
[3] [1] The location of the museum was announced in September 2016 as Bradford City Hall, in conjunction with Bradford City Council. [4] However, in 2020, this proposal was dropped, with instead a new plan to incorporate the museum into the disused George Hotel, Huddersfield, where the Rugby Football League was originally founded in 1895. [5]
The British Amateur Rugby League Association (BARLA) was also founded at the George Hotel in 1973. The Rugby League Heritage Centre was located in the basement of the George from 2005 until the closure of the hotel in 2013. It was the UK's only rugby league heritage museum. It was the brainchild of sports presenter Mike Stephenson. Within the ...
Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, a local history museum and gallery in the English town of Rugby, Warwickshire; New Zealand Rugby Museum, a museum dedicated to the sport of rugby union, in Palmerston North, NZ; Rugby League Heritage Centre, a museum of Rugby League in Huddersfield, England, between 2005 and 2013; National Rugby League Museum, a ...
Although the athletic club had formed a rugby football section in 1867, Fartown was initially used for athletics festivals alterations made in the summer of 1878 meant that rugby could begin at the start of the 1878–79 season with the visit of Manchester Rangers on 2 November. The venue quickly became synonymous with Huddersfield RLFC.
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BARLA was created on 3 March 1973 at the George Hotel in Huddersfield by a group of clubs believing that the Rugby Football League were not doing enough to support the amateur game. The RFL voted 29–1 against the recognition of BARLA, with Tom Mitchell being the only one to vote in favour.
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