Allen Rae (December 26, 1932 – August 20, 2016) was a Canadian basketball referee. He refereed in the

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, 1968 Olympics, 1972 Olympics (including a semi-final game in each of those) and 1976 Olympics. He also refereed the final of the 1975 European Championship. He was the Technical Commissioner in 1984 Olympics, 1988 Olympics,

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, 1990 World Championship and

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. From 1984 to 1994, he served as Vice President of the Technical Commission of the

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. He also served as the President of the

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Basketball Foundation & Museum since 2003. In 1997 Rae was awarded

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, and in 2007 he was enshrined in the

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(also inducted to Canada Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000).

References

External links

FIBA Hall of Fame page on Rae
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