Fred Lindop
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Full name | George Frederick Lindop | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 20 July 1938 Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||
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George Frederick Lindop MBE (born Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire) is a former British rugby league referee. He refereed 22 test matches, including the World Cup Final in 1970. He also refereed five Challenge Cup Finals.
Lindop was awarded the MBE in 1989 for services to rugby league and has been inducted to the Rugby Football League's Roll of Honour in 2009.[2][3]
Lindop also established the University of Sheffield rugby league team in 1969 and coached them.[4] He has coached junior Rugby League at the Eastmoor club in Wakefield and the Oulton Raiders club near Leeds.