John Steele
England
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Full name John David Steele
Born August 9, 1964, Cambridge
Current age 59 years 223 days
Major teams England B
Position Fly-half
Height 5 ft 10 in
Weight 173 lb
Profile

Steele served as chief executive of the Rugby Football Union during a turbulent few months between September 2010 and June 2011.

A former army officer, he was a notable fly-half for Northampton and England 'A' before going on to become director of rugby at London Scottish. He returned to Franklin's Gardens in 1999 as the Saints' director of rugby and steered the club to a famous Heineken Cup triumph in 2000.

In 2002, he took on the role of executive director at the English Premiership club before becoming chief executive of UK sport in 2005. He was appointed as the new chief executive of the RFU in 2010, succeeding Francis Baron, and immediately conducted a comprehensive review of the organisation.

The results of that review led to widespread changes to the governing body's structure, including the scrapping of Rob Andrew's director of elite rugby role and the creation of a new elite performance director position.

But Steele parted company with the RFU just nine months into his tenure in the wake of their botched attempts to attract a performance director that saw the job description repeatedly changed and leading candidate Sir Clive Woodward walk away from the process.

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Mar 23, 2011
RFU chief executive John Steele unveils Rob Andrew and Steve Grainger
RFU chief executive John Steele unveils Rob Andrew and Steve Grainger
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Nov 12, 2010
Rob Andrew, John Steele and Martin Johnson chat at Twickenham
Rob Andrew, John Steele and Martin Johnson chat at Twickenham
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Sep 7, 2010
Rugby Football Union chief executive John Steele faces the media
Rugby Football Union chief executive John Steele faces the media
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Sep 7, 2010
Rugby Football Union chief executive John Steele faces the media
Rugby Football Union chief executive John Steele faces the media
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