DAVID OXLEY was appointed to the position of Secretary of the Rugby Football League in 1974 at the age of 37.
Shortly afterwards David Howes, who was a journalist from Hull in his early twenties, was appointed as Rugby League's first Public Relations Officer.
At the time they were both operating from the RFL's old premises at 180 Chapeltown RAlready a subscriber? Log in here
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