Edward McGregor Lennie OAM JP (born 5 October 1959) is a retired Australian

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

referee A referee is an official, in a variety of sports and competition, responsible for enforcing the rules of the sport, including sportsmanship decisions such as ejection. The official tasked with this job may be known by a variety of other titl ...

. He is best known for officiating at the

1998 FIFA World Cup The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, the football world championship for men's national teams. The finals tournament was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. The country was chosen as the host nation by FIFA for the ...

and the

1996 Olympic Games The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

Refereeing career

Lennie began refereeing in Scotland, before emigrating to Australia in 1985.

1998 World Cup

Lennie refereed two matches at the

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National Soccer League

Lennie refereed 195

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matches before retiring in 2004.

Honours

*Medal of the

Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, on the advice of the Australian Gove ...

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Centenary Medal The Centenary Medal is an award which was created by the Australian Government in 2001. It was established to commemorate the centenary of the Federation of Australia and to recognise "people who made a contribution to Australian society or go ...

: 2006 *

Football Federation Australia - Football Hall of Fame The aims of the Football Australia Hall of Fame are to celebrate and highlight the achievements of retired players and other participants who have contributed significantly to the game. These are made up of either Australian and/or non-Austral ...

Hall of Honour Inductee: 2007 *

Football Hall of Fame Western Australia Football Hall of Fame Western Australia was formed in 1996 to promote, preserve and protect the history of soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who pr ...

Hall of Recognition Inductee: 2005. *NSL Referee of the Year:1994/95, 1995/96 * Western Australian State League Referee of the Year: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997

Post-football career

His current occupation is the Referee Development Manager for

Football West Football West is the state governing and censoring body for soccer in Western Australia (WA). It is affiliated with Football Australia (FA), the sport's national governing body, and through FA's affiliation to FIFA. Football West's premier compe ...

and is also an elite referees assessor for the

Asian Football Confederation The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in some countries/territories in Asia and Oceania. It has 47 member countries most of which are located in Asia. Australia, formerly in ...

and

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Political career

In December 2012 Lennie was preselected by WA Labor for the

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seat of

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. He subsequently ran for the Hamersley Ward at the

City of Stirling The City of Stirling is a local government area in the northern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth about north of Perth's central business district. The City covers an area of and has a population of over 223,000, makin ...

elections in October 2013.

References

1959 births Living people Australian soccer referees FIFA World Cup referees 1998 FIFA World Cup referees Olympic football referees {{Australia-footy-bio-stub