Daniel Frazer Bennett (born 22 August 1976 in
Dewsbury,
England
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) is an English-born
South Africa
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football referee. He was voted
PSL Referee of the Season in 2000–01 and 2010–11 and has been an international referee since 2003.
Career
Bennett is a teacher at Mondeor Primary School in
Johannesburg
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.
International
Bennett missed the
2014 FIFA World Cup due to injury.
In June 2019, Bennett announced he would retire from international refereeing at the end of 2019.
References
1976 births
Living people
South African soccer referees
South African people of English descent
Sportspeople from Johannesburg
South African schoolteachers
Sportspeople from Dewsbury
20th-century South African educators
21st-century South African educators
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