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1970–71 Challenge Cup
The 1970–71 Challenge Cup was the 70th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup. The final was contested by Leeds Rhinos, Leeds and Leigh RLFC, Leigh at Wembley Stadium (1923), Wembley. First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final The final was played on Saturday 15 May 1971, where Leigh RLFC, Leigh beat Leeds Rhinos, Leeds 24-7 at Wembley in front of a crowd of 85,514. The winner of the Lance Todd Trophy was Leigh's captain-coach, Alex Murphy (rugby league), Alex Murphy who was stretchered off after a clash with Leeds player, Syd Hynes. For his part in the "clash", Hynes was sent off, and became the first player to be Ejection (sports)#Rugby football, sent-off in a Challenge Cup final after the headbutt on Leigh's Alex Murphy (rugby league), Murphy. This was Leigh's second Cup final win in two final appearances. It was their last appearance in a Challenge Cup final until 2023 Challenge Cup final, 2023. References Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leigh RLFC
The Leigh Leopards are a professional rugby league club based in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. Leigh play homes games at Leigh Sports Village and compete in Super League, the top tier of British rugby league. Leigh Leopards have won the League Championship twice and Challenge Cup three times. The clubs traditional home colours are red and white. They have a local rivalry with Wigan Warriors. History 1878–1915: Early history Leigh RFC was founded in 1878 by a surveyor named Fred Ulph. Leigh's first practice match was on 5 October 1878 at Buck's Farm in Pennington and their first game was against Eccles two weeks later. In 1879, the club moved to a field behind the Three Crowns in Bedford and played there for 10 years. Leigh came to the attention of the wider district in 1885 when they had a 23 match unbeaten run with 21 wins and 2 draws. As attendances grew, improvements were made to the ground and the field's slope was levelled. The club moved to Frog Hall Field ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mick Collins (rugby League)
Mick Collins (born December 18, 1965) is a musician from Detroit, Michigan. Biography Collins first received exposure to early rock and roll music through his family's record collection. Living in Detroit, he was also surrounded by the music released from Motown Records. This also provided an influence to his musical evolution. Collins first played in a band called the U-Boats in 1981 and then in the Floor Tasters from 1984 to 1985. In 1986, the 20-year-old Collins helped form the garage punk band, The Gories. The band featured Collins on guitar, Dan Kroha (later of the Demolition Doll Rods) on guitar, and Peg O'Neil on the drums. After three albums and five singles the band broke up after a 1992 European tour. Collins next worked in a garage rock band, Blacktop, from 1994 to 1996. After the demise of Blacktop, Collins helped form the King Sound Quartet, which had one single in 1996 and one album, ''The Get Down Imperative'', in 1997. Collins then focused on another of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Langley (rugby League)
John Russell Langley (June 1, 1943 – June 26, 2021) was an American television and film director, writer, and producer who was best known as the creator and executive producer of the television show '' Cops'', which premiered on Fox in March 1989. Prior to that, he was among the reality television pioneers as a producer of various two-hour event specials in syndicated television markets during the 1980s. In fact, Langley was often credited as being the "Godfather of Reality Television" with the appearance of ''Cops'' in 1989. Biography Personal Langley was born in Oklahoma City, but moved to Los Angeles as a small child. He was the son of Lurleen (Fox), a homemaker, and John Russell Langley, an oil wildcatter. Langley was a Morse code intercept operator in the Army Security Agency, an intelligence unit of the United States Army from 1961 to 1963, in Panama. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from California State University, Dominguez Hills in 1971, and later a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Holmes (rugby League)
John Holmes (21 March 1952 – 26 September 2009) was an English professional rugby league footballer. In a career spanning from 1968 to 1990, Holmes made a club record 625 appearances for Leeds, starting his career as a or , and later switching to stand-off. Holmes played in nineteen major finals for Leeds winning all but five. He played at the highest level, representing Yorkshire, England and Great Britain. He made 20 appearances between 1971 and 1982 for Great Britain, and was a World Cup winner for Great Britain in 1972 at the age of twenty. Background John Holmes was born in Kirkstall, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, and he died aged 57 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Playing career Leeds Holmes début for Leeds was in a Lazenby Cup match against Hunslet where he scored a try and kicked 10 goals. In the 1970–71 season, Holmes played in Leeds' 23–7 victory over Featherstone Rovers in the 1970–71 Yorkshire Cup Final at Odsal Stadium, Bradford on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Lester (rugby League)
Roy Lester is an English former professional rugby league footballer and coach. He played as a for Leigh, Warrington and Fulham RLFC, and Lancashire at representative level. He later coached Fulham and Carlisle, and was also assistant coach at Warrington before the advent of Super League. Playing career Lester was an unused sub in the 1971 Challenge Cup Final where Leigh beat Leeds 24–7 at Wembley Stadium in front of a crowd of 85,514. Lester was newly founded Fulham's first signing, when he signed on a free transfer from Warrington in 1980. Post playing career In 2019 he was inducted into the London Broncos The London Broncos are a professional rugby league club based in Wimbledon, London, Wimbledon, England. They play their home games at Plough Lane and currently compete in the RFL Championship, Championship, the second tier of British rugby le ... Hall of Fame. References External linksLBSA profile [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Chisnall
LES or Les may refer to: People * Les (given name) * Les (surname) * L.E.S. (producer), hip hop producer Space flight * Launch Entry Suit, worn by Space Shuttle crews * Launch escape system, for spacecraft emergencies * Lincoln Experimental Satellite series, 1960s and 1970s Biology and medicine * Lazy eye syndrome, or amblyopia, a disorder in the human optic nerve * The Liverpool epidemic strain of ''Pseudomonas aeruginosa'' * Lower esophageal sphincter * Lupus erythematosus systemicus Places * The Lower East Side neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City * Les, Catalonia, a municipality in Spain * Leş, a village in Nojorid Commune, Bihor County, Romania * ''Les'', the Hungarian name for Leșu Commune, Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania * Les, a village in Tejakula district, Buleleng regency, Bali, Indonesia * Lesotho, IOC and UNDP country code * Lès, a word featuring in many French placenames Transport * Leigh-on-Sea railway station, National Rail station code * Leyton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Smethurst (rugby League)
Peter Joseph Smethurst (born 8 August 1940) is a South African retired professional soccer player who played as an inside forward in South Africa, England and Canada. Career Smethurst played with Durban City F.C. in the National Football League. In 1959, he played in the Football League First Division with Blackpool F.C. In 1961, he played in the Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League with Hamilton Steelers. Throughout his tenure with Hamilton he played in six seasons and finished as the club's top goalscorer. On 21 January 1965, he signed a contract with New York Ukrainians in the German-American Soccer League, and returned to Hamilton for the remainder of the season. Personal life His brother Derek was also a footballer in the North American Soccer League The North American Soccer League (NASL) was the top-level major professional soccer league in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984. It is considered the first soccer league to be succ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffrey Clarkson
Geoffrey Clarkson (12 August 1943 – 10 July 2001) was an English rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Yorkshire, and at club level for Wakefield RFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Yorkshire, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity (two spells), Bradford Northern (two spells), Leigh (two spells), Warrington, Leeds, York, Bramley, Hull Kingston Rovers, Oldham and Featherstone Rovers, as a . Background Geoff Clarkson was born in Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England and he died aged 57 in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. Playing career Geoff Clarkson turned professional with Wakefield Trinity in 1965 after gaining Yorkshire County rugby union forward honours while at Wakefield RFC. Geoff Clarkson won cap(s) for Yorkshire (RL) while at Wakefield Trinity. Geoff Clarkson played at in Wakefield Trinity's 21–9 victory over St. Helens in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Fiddler
Jimmy may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Jimmy'' (2008 film), a 2008 Hindi thriller directed by Raj N. Sippy * ''Jimmy'' (1979 film), a 1979 Indian Malayalam film directed by Melattoor Ravi Varma * ''Jimmy'' (2013 film), a 2013 drama directed by Mark Freiburger * "The Jimmy", a 1995 episode of the sitcom ''Seinfeld'' * "Jimmy", a 2002 episode of ''Static Shock'' * "Jimmy", a 1989 episode of Quantum Leap Songs * "Jimmy" (song), a song by M.I.A. from the 2008 album ''Kala'' * "Jimmy", a song by Irving Berlin, see also List of songs written by Irving Berlin * "Jimmy", a song by Tones and I from her EP '' The Kids Are Coming'' * "Jimmy", a song by Tool from their 1996 album ''Ænima'' * "Jimmy", a song by dutch artist Boudewijn de Groot * "Jimmy", a song by Jay Thompson for the 1967 film ''Thoroughly Modern Millie'' Other arts and entertainment * ''Jimmy'' (musical), a 1969 musical * Jimmy Awards, annual awards given by the Broadway League to high s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Ashcroft
Kevin Ashcroft (born 5 June 1944) is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s, and coached in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and Lancashire, and at club level for the Rochdale Hornets, Dewsbury, Leigh, Warrington and Salford, as a . and coached at club level for Leigh (two spells) and Salford. Ashcroft is a Warrington Hall of Fame inductee. Playing career Rochdale Hornets Ashcroft played in Rochdale Hornets' 5-16 defeat by Warrington in the 1965 Lancashire Cup Final during the 1965–66 season at Knowsley Road, St. Helens on Friday 29 October 1965. Leigh Ashcroft played in Leigh's 5-8 defeat by Castleford in the 1967 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final during the 1967–68 season at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 16 January 1968, played in the 11-6 victory over Wigan in the 1969 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final during the 1969–70 season at Central Park, Wigan on Tuesday 16 December 1969. He pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Watts (rugby League)
Derek Neil Watts (24 November 1948 – 22 August 2023) was a South African investigative reporter and television presenter who worked for ''Carte Blanche'', on M-Net for 35 years from 1988 until 2023. Early life and education Watts was born on 24 November 1948 in Hillbrow, in the heart of Johannesburg, Transvaal. He later moved to the second largest city in Zimbabwe, Bulawayo (then Southern Rhodesia Southern Rhodesia was a self-governing British Crown colony in Southern Africa, established in 1923 and consisting of British South Africa Company (BSAC) territories lying south of the Zambezi River. The region was informally known as South ...), when he was five years old and grew up there. Illness and death In 2022, Watts was diagnosed with skin cancer that later spread to his lungs. He was admitted to hospital in March 2023 after suffering a suspected stroke and was subsequently diagnosed with severe sepsis. In July, he announced his retirement from Carte Blanche afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
