Eddie Lennie

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Eddie Lennie
Full name Edward McGregor Lennie [1]
Born (1959-10-05) 5 October 1959 (age 63)
Glasgow, Scotland
Domestic
YearsLeagueRole
1991–2004 NSL Referee
International
YearsLeagueRole
1996–2004 OFC Referee
1996–2004 FIFA listed Referee

Edward McGregor Lennie OAM JP (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]

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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

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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