Eddie Lennie
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| Full name | Edward M. Lennie | ||
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| Born | October 5, 1959 Glasgow, Scotland |
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| Domestic | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 1991-2004 | NSL | Referee | |
| International | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 1996-2004 | OFC | Referee | |
| 1996-2004 | FIFA listed | Referee | |
Edward Lennie OAM (born 5 October 1959 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a retired Australian football (soccer) referee. He is best known for officiating at the 1998 FIFA World Cup and the 1996 Olympic Games.[1]
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Refereeing career
1998 World Cup
Lennie refereed two matches at the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France. The Group B match between Cameroon and Italy was controversial after Lennie sent off Cameroon defender Raymond Kalla after he collided with Italy's Luigi Di Biagio chasing a loose ball.[2] After the match FIFA was criticised in Cameroon for appointing officials from "non-footballing nations".[3]
National Soccer League
Lennie refereed 195 National Soccer League matches before retiring in 2004.[4]
Honours
- Medal of the Order of Australia: 2008[5]
- Centenary Medal: 2006
- Football Federation Australia - Football Hall of Fame Hall of Honour Inductee: 2007[6]
- Football Hall of Fame Western Australia Hall of Recognition Inductee: 2005.[7]
- NSL Referee of the Year:1994/95, 1995/96[8]
- Western Australian State League Referee of the Year: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997[9]
Post-football career
His current occupation is the Referee Development Manager for Football West and is also an elite referees assesor for the Asian Football Confederation and FIFA.[10][11]
Political career
In December 2012 Lennie was preselected by WA Labor for the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Scarborough.[12] He subsequently ran for the Hamersley Ward at the City of Stirling elections in October 2013.
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