Maurice Alexandre Guigue (August 4, 1912 – February 27, 2011) was a football referee from

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, who led the

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. He was the second Frenchman, after

Georges Capdeville Pierre Georges Louis Capdeville (30 October 1899 – 24 February 1991) was a football referee from France, who controlled the 1938 FIFA World Cup Final in Paris between Italy and Hungary. He is the only referee to have officiated in a World Cup ...

, to referee a World Cup final.

References

Weltfussball

Maurice Guigue 1912 births 2011 deaths French football referees FIFA World Cup Final match officials 1958 FIFA World Cup referees {{France-footy-bio-stub