Leo Callaghan
| Full name | Leo Callaghan | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
5 February 1924 Merthyr Tydfil, Wales | ||
| Died |
8 January 1987 (aged 62) Wales | ||
| Domestic | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 1954–1971 |
Football League | Referee | |
| International | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 1954–1971 | FIFA listed | Referee | |
Leo Callaghan (5 February 1924 – 8 January 1987) referee.
Career
Callaghan was born in
Mervyn Griffiths and Clive Thomas
).
He was also an international referee. This included two Group matches as
Estadio del Manzanares, when the two-leg scores tied at 3–3, and the result had to be decided by a tie-break match a week later.[5]
An extraordinary event occurred on 14 September 1970. Whilst refereeing a Football League Second Division match between Millwall and Sheffield United, the city of London was engulfed by "[t]orrential rain", causing the "abandonment of [the] game after 25 minutes by ... Callaghan ...".[6]
He retired from the League list in 1971. He later became a Football League assessor.
References
Notes
- ^ Dates of birth and death: zerozero.eu website. Retrieved on 25 March 2008.
- ^ Portugal v. Hungary, Group C, 1966 World Cup Finals: PlanetWorldCup.com website. Retrieved on 25 March 2008.
- ^ England matches refereed (Home Internationals series): TheFA.com website. Retrieved on 25 March 2008.
- ^ Sweden v. Bulgaria, 1968 European Championships, qualifying (1967): rsssf.com statistical website. Retrieved on 25 March 2008.
- ^ Atlético Madrid v. Vojvodina, 2nd round 2nd leg, European Cup, 1966: Linguasport.com website. Retrieved on 26 March 2008.
- ^ Match abandoned due to "torrential rain" Archived 14 July 2012 at archive.today, Millwall v. Sheff. Utd., 1970: Bob Dunning's "Thirty Years Ago" feature. Retrieved on 25 March 2008.
Sources
- Football League Handbooks, 1954–1970
- Rothmans Football Yearbooks, 1970–1971.
- Freddi, Cris (1998) The Complete History of the World Cup, Collins Willow.
- Ionescu, Romeo (2003) The Complete Results & Line-Ups of the European Fairs Cup 1955–1971, Soccer Books Limited.
- Ionescu, Romeo (2003) The Complete Results & Line-Ups of the European Football Championships 1958–2003, Soccer Books Limited.
- Ionescu, Romeo (2004) The Complete Results & Line-Ups of the European Champions Clubs' Cup 1955–1991, Soccer Books Limited.
- Ionescu, Romeo (2004) The Complete Results & Line-Ups of the European Cup Winners Cup 1960–1999, Soccer Books Limited.
- Ionescu, Romeo (2004) The Complete Results & Line-Ups of the UEFA Cup 1971–1991, Soccer Books Limited.
- Elleray, David (2004) The Man in the Middle, Time Warner, p49-50 (reference to role as an assessor)