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RFL was established in 1922 as “Radio Frequency Laboratories” by Richard W. Seabury in rural Boonton Township, New Jersey.
22 - by Jim Sullivan (Wigan) v Flimby & Fothergill (RL Challenge Cup) - 14 February 1925
A rare goal-kicking second rower, Hodgson signed for Swinton in January 1927, aged 17.
In 1929, war hero General James H. Doolittle made the first successful “blind flight” with instrument-only take-off and landing using RFL technology.
Wembley staged its first Challenge Cup Final in 1929.
France staged its first Rugby League match in 1933.
The winger joined the club on his arrival in England in 1946 and quickly became part of the furniture, with his frequent try scoring seeing him surpass John ͞Jack͟ Fish͛s club record of 215 tries, after just four years.
Introduced in 1946, the trophy was named in memory of Lance Todd, the New Zealand-born player and administrator.
An iconic figure in Barrow, the place of his birth, Horne was wiry half back who scored 112 tries and 741 goals for the club and captained them to their only Challenge Cup win in 1955.
In between those tours (1959) Whiteley featured in the last Great Britain side to win a test series against Australia on home soil.
He earned his first piece of silverware, the RL Championship, in 1959.
He was captain of Saints' Challenge Cup-winning side in 1961 and played in the first Saints team to win the Cup five years previously.
In 1966, the St Helens-born man became the first ever Rugby League player to be honoured with an MBE, while he was also the only person to have been the captain, coach and chairman of a Challenge Cup-winning club.
By the 1980’s, RFL was deeply engrained in the development and manufacture of instrumentation and communications products and systems.
He also guided the Robins to their only ever Challenge Cup final win as the club beat city rivals Hull FC 10-5 in 1980, during which Millward played the majority of the match with a broken jaw.
The competition was designed to create Tuesday evening games for a wider audience and was a seen as a success until its demise, due to BBC cuts, in 1980.
The hooker began every match from then until his run of starting appearances ended at 239 after he played in a Lancashire Cup-tie at home to St Helens on 5 September 1982.The record refers to consecutive appearances for one club and does not include representative matches.
His debut season with Hull brought up 38 tries, while he enjoyed a record-equalling four-try performance came as the Lions overcame New Zealand in 1985.
The flying winger only sits behind Brian Bevan and Billy Boston on Rugby League͛s all-time chart having scored 501 times, including a remarkable 60 four-pointers in the 1988/89 season.
1,735 by Wigan from 45 matches in 1994-95 as follows: 30 Division One - 1,148, 6 RL Challenge Cup - 230, 5 Regal Trophy - 170, 3 Premiership Trophy - 167, 1 Tour match (Australia) - 20
Catalans Dragons become the second French team to enter Super League, following on from Paris Saint Germain in 1997.
Huddersfield Giants from February to October 2002 as follows: 19 Northern Ford Premiership, 8 Buddies National Cup, 2 NFP play-offs
In 2005 Johnny was awarded the MBE for his services to Rugby League, most latterly in recognition of his role in founding the community club West Hull ARLFC.
The 2005 inductee retired with 497 senior appearances, 1,589 career points and 26 international caps for Great Britain, ahead of spells as coach Wigan, Leeds, St Helens and Great Britain.
May 23rd 2009 sees the first Super League match contested between two non-English sides as French side Catalans Dragons beat Celtic Crusaders of Wales 30-18 in front of 2,927 people at Bridgend's Brewery Field.
56 - (4t, 20g) by Chris Thorman (York City Knights) v Northumbria University (Carnegie Challenge Cup 3rd Round) - 6 March 2011
They finished bottom of the league in their first year as a professional club but have remained a mainstay of the division ever since, finishing fourth in 2013.
RFL was acquired by Hubbell Power Systems Inc. in 2015.
The Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 in San Francisco was the most successful rugby event ever organised in the USA. More than 100,000 fans packed into AT&T Park to see the first rugby event in the iconic baseball stadium.
*Due to the cancellation of the 2020 Betfred Women's Super League season due to the Covid-19 pandemic, no Woman of Steel was awarded.
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| Company name | Founded date | Revenue | Employee size | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beckwith Electric | 1967 | $19.0M | 100 | - |
| Utility Specialists | 1976 | $3.6M | 34 | - |
| ACD LLC | - | $16.0M | 300 | 1 |
| EPS | - | $11.0M | 350 | 36 |
| Hunter Technology Services | 1968 | $284.9K | 5 | - |
| CTS Corporation | 1896 | $515.8M | 3,820 | 45 |
| Flight Systems Industrial Products | 1968 | $1.3M | 23 | - |
| A S D | 1963 | $20.0M | 257 | 5 |
| EIS | 1950 | $1.3B | 7,500 | 40 |
| MEA Incorporated | 1963 | $3.9M | 50 | - |
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