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Rodney Walker | |
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| Born | 1 April 1943 |
| Occupation(s) | Entrepreneur, philanthropist |
| Spouse | Anne Walker |
| Children | 2 |
Sir Rodney Myerscough Walker (born 10 April 1943) is a British entrepreneur and philanthropist and the current Chairman of the British Basketball League.
He was Chairman of Wakefield Trinity RLFC between 1986 and 1993; the Rugby Football League between 1993 and 2002; GB Sports Council between 1994 and 1996; Sport England between 1996 and 1998 and UK Sport between 1997 and 2003. He was also chairman of the World Snooker Association for several years before being replaced by Barry Hearn in 2009.[1]
- ^ "Sir Rodney Walker voted out as World Snooker chairman". BBC Sport. 2 December 2009. Archived from the original on 17 December 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2010.