Referees

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Pierluigi Collina

(Italian Former Football Referee)

Birthdate: February 13, 1960

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Bologna, Italy

Named "Best Referee of the Year" by FIFA for six consecutive times, Pierluigi Collina has a degree in economics from University of Bologne. His aptitude for the job was discovered when at seventeen he took up a course in refereeing and shortly began officiating in numerous high profile matches. Although retired, he is still involved with football in various capacities.

Tim Donaghy

(Basketball Referee)

Birthdate: January 7, 1967

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Havertown, Pennsylvania, United States

Theodore Long

(Wrestling Referee)

Birthdate: September 15, 1947

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Birmingham, Alabama, United States

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Howard Webb

(Referee)

Birthdate: July 14, 1971

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Rotherham

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Mike Dean

(Football Referee)

Birthdate: June 2, 1968

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, United Kingdom

Mills Lane

(American Boxing Referee and Professional Boxer)

Birthdate: November 12, 1937

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Birthplace: Savannah, Georgia, United States

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Mario Yamasaki

(Mixed martial arts referee, Judoka)

Birthdate: April 22, 1964

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: São Paulo, Brazil

Frank Trigg

(American Retired Mixed Martial Artist, Color Commentator and Referee)

Birthdate: May 7, 1972

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Kendall, New York, United States

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Stéphanie Frappart

(Association football referee)

Birthdate: December 14, 1983

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Le Plessis-Bouchard, France

Lauren Holtkamp

(Basketball referee)

Birthdate: November 24, 1980

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Jefferson City, Missouri, United States

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Viktor Kassai

(Football official and a former referee who is the current head of refereeing department of the Bulgarian Football Union)

Birthdate: September 10, 1975

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Tatabánya, Hungary

Joe Cortez

(American Former Boxing Referee and Boxer)

Birthdate: October 13, 1945

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Harlem, New York, United States

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Richard Green

(American Professional Boxing Referee)

Birthdate: 1937 AD

Birthplace: Louisiana, United States

Died: July 1, 1983

Stanley Rous

(6th President of FIFA)

Birthdate: April 25, 1895

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Mutford, East Suffolk, England

Died: July 18, 1986

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Ravshan Irmatov

(Holds the record for officiating the most FIFA World Cup matches)

Birthdate: August 9, 1977

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Bakary Gassama

(Gambian Football Referee)

Birthdate: February 10, 1979

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: The Gambia

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Markus Merk

(Football referee)

Birthdate: March 15, 1962

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Kaiserslautern, Germany

Charles William Miller

(Football Player Forward Who is Considered to Be the Father of Football in Brazil)

Birthdate: November 24, 1874

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: São Paulo, State of São Paulo, Brazil

Died: June 30, 1953

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Mohamed Lahyani

(Tennis Umpire Who Officiated the Longest Match in the History of Professional Tennis)

Birthdate: June 27, 1966

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Tafraout, Morocco

Mohamed Lahyani is a Swedish tennis umpire best known for officiating the longest match in the history of professional tennis at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships. Mohamed Lahyani achieved notoriety in 2018, when he was briefly suspended for offering words of encouragement to Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios at the US Open.

Kenneth Aston

(Teacher)

Birthdate: September 1, 1915

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Essex, England

Died: October 23, 2001

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Shannon Eastin

(Sports official)

Birthdate: 1970 AD

Birthplace: Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Edgardo Codesal

(Football referee, who controlled the final match of the 1990 World Cup held in Italy)

Birthdate: June 2, 1951

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Montevideo, Uruguay

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Lim Kee Chong

(Football referee)

Birthdate: May 15, 1960

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Mauritius

Nawaf Shukralla

(Referee)

Birthdate: October 13, 1976

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Bahrain

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Lou Marsh

(Canadian Athlete and Referee)

Birthdate: February 17, 1879

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Canada

Died: March 4, 1936

Lou Marsh was a Canadian athlete who participated in a wide variety of sports during his playing career. He then established himself as one of the top hockey and boxing referees of his generation. Lou Marsh also worked for the Toronto Star for more than four decades and is often counted among the pioneers of sports journalism in the country.