The Rugby Football League have paid tribute to former chief executive and president Maurice Lindsay, who has died aged 81.
The ex-Wigan chairman was a leading proponent of the switch to summer rugby and creation of Super League, of which he became chief executive.
Lindsay joined Wigan in 1980, the year they were relegated to the Second Divisi Former RFL chief executive and Wigan chairman Maurice Lindsay dies aged 81
The Rugby Football League have paid tribute to former chief executive and president Maurice Lindsay, who has died aged 81.
The ex-Wigan chairman was a leading proponent of the switch to summer rugby and creation of Super League, of which he became chief executive.
Lindsay joined Wigan in 1980, the year they were relegated to the Second Divisi