Harry Jepson

Harry Jepson OBE (4 February 1920 – 29 August 2016) was an English rugby league administrator and president of Leeds Rhinos.

[2] Appointed at Director of Football at Leeds in 1983 he was instrumental in bringing stars like Eric Grothe and Andrew Ettingshausen to the club.

[3] In later years he was made club president of Leeds Rhinos and was also chairman of the Rugby League Conference.

In this latter role he established a cup competition for clubs in the conference premier leagues and this was subsequently named after him - the Harry Jepson Trophy.

[2][3] For services to rugby league, Jepson was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Queen's Birthday honours list in 1996.