Eddie Lennie
Australian soccer referee (born 1959)
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Edward McGregor Lennie (born 5 October 1959) is a retired Australian association football referee. He is best known for officiating at the 1998 FIFA World Cup and the 1996 Olympic Games.[2][3]
Refereeing career
Lennie began refereeing in Scotland, before emigrating to Australia in 1985.[4]
1998 World Cup
Lennie refereed two matches at the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France.
National Soccer League
Lennie refereed 195 National Soccer League matches before retiring in 2004.[5]
Honours
- Medal of the Order of Australia: 2008[6]
- Centenary Medal: 2006
- Football Federation Australia - Football Hall of Fame Hall of Honour Inductee: 2007[7]
- Football Hall of Fame Western Australia Hall of Recognition Inductee: 2005.[8]
- NSL Referee of the Year:1994/95, 1995/96[9]
- Western Australian State League Referee of the Year: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997[10]
Post-football career
His current occupation is the Referee Development Manager for Football West and is also an elite referees assessor for the Asian Football Confederation and FIFA.[11][12]
Political career
In December 2012 Lennie was preselected by WA Labor for the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Scarborough.[13] He subsequently ran for the Hamersley Ward at the City of Stirling elections in October 2013.
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