George Frederick Lindop
MBE (20 July 1938 – January 2023) was a British
rugby league 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 refereed 22 test matches, including the
World Cup Final in 1970. He also refereed five
Challenge Cup Finals.
Lindop was awarded the
MBE in 1989 for services to rugby league and wasinducted to the
Rugby Football League's Roll of Honour in 2009.
Lindop also established the
University of Sheffield rugby league team in 1969 and coached them. He coached junior rugby league at the Eastmoor club in Wakefield and the Oulton Raiders club near
Leeds.
His death was announced on 23 January 2023, at the age of 84.
References
External links
Alex Murphy v Fred Lindop - YouTube
Rugby League Roll of Honour - RFL
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1938 births
2023 deaths
Rugby League World Cup referees
English rugby league referees
English rugby league coaches
Members of the Order of the British Empire
Sportspeople from Wakefield