Leo Scullion (born 10 April 1958) is a professional

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referee from

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, Scotland, who has been officiating on the main tour since 1999.

Career

After spending many years of his life as a taxi driver, and later a policeman, Scullion qualified as a professional referee in the 1990s. His first senior match was in the 1999

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, and he officiated his first televised match in the 2001 Regal Scottish Masters, a tie between Stephen Lee and

Patrick Wallace Patrick Wallace (born 20 September 1969) is a former professional snooker player from Dungannon in Northern Ireland. During his career, which lasted seventeen years from 1994 to 2011, he won two non-snooker world rankings, ranking titles, and ...

. Scullion started to become a snooker personality in the 2000s and eventually officiated his first final in 2011, at the China Open. He then took charge of another two finals the following year, at the World Open and the

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respectively. He officiated his first

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final in 2019.

Personal life

In a 2010 interview with

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, Scullion stated that his hobbies include "Golf, TV, and Snooker", going on to claim that he had made a highest

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of 93. Scullion is currently living in

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, Scotland. In December 2014, Scullion was being treated for cancer.Scullion battling cancer
''The Sunday Post''. As of March 2019 his

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has been in remission for five years.

References

1958 births Living people Snooker referees and officials British taxi drivers Police officers from Glasgow Sportspeople from Glasgow Scottish referees and umpires {{Scotland-sport-bio-stub