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What's My Line(sman) - Referees and their trades
DIR By: guest42
Date: March 13, 2021, 4:59 am
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After browsing through some of the Bundesliga appointments today
- they publish the day jobs of their referees on the DFB website
- which is quite interesting in itself.
Manuel Grafe is listed as a Sports Scientist, Deniz Aytekin is
an Economist, Sören Storks is a "Master Carpenter".
This got me thinking - what are the strangest, unconventional
jobs that Referees from yesteryear had outside of the game.
I know that the German Herbert Fandel was a classically trained
Concert Pianist - and there was a Swedish FIFA referee who was
the elected mayor of his home town.
Any other interesting ones from down the years people can
recall?
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Re: What's My Line(sman) - Referees and their trades
DIR By: ajb95
Date: March 13, 2021, 5:16 am
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Bjorn Kuipers runs a family chain of supermarkets in Holland.
Of course there is the funny story of Mike Dean working in a
chicken factory! 😁
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Re: What's My Line(sman) - Referees and their trades
DIR By: Acme Thunderer
Date: March 13, 2021, 5:33 am
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Was it Walter Johnson who was a 'shoe clicker' with Clark's
Shoes at Kendal?
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Re: What's My Line(sman) - Referees and their trades
DIR By: Timbo
Date: March 13, 2021, 5:36 am
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> This got me thinking - what are the strangest, unconventional
jobs that Referees from yesteryear had outside of the game.
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My guess is that you'll get some very unusual occupations prior
to WWI.
In more modern times, I always thought that David Elleray's
occupation brought a bit of class to the list ! I seem to
remember, in the dim and distant past, a documentary on TV
looking at his life and "day job".
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Re: What's My Line(sman) - Referees and their trades
DIR By: Acme Thunderer
Date: March 13, 2021, 2:45 pm
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Rex Spittle had a variety of occupations including children's
entertainer and Butlin's Redcoat! ;D
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Re: What's My Line(sman) - Referees and their trades
DIR By: Boris10
Date: March 13, 2021, 3:19 pm
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Roy Darlington was a 'Pavior'?Or was it Pavier?
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Re: What's My Line(sman) - Referees and their trades
DIR By: JCFC
Date: March 13, 2021, 4:56 pm
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The former.
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Re: What's My Line(sman) - Referees and their trades
DIR By: nemesis
Date: March 15, 2021, 5:07 am
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Nowadays, sadly, it just seems to be a question of which part of
the FA or County FAs they work for.
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Re: What's My Line(sman) - Referees and their trades
DIR By: keith h
Date: March 21, 2021, 3:29 am
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--- Quote from: Acme Thunderer link ---
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> Rex Spittle had a variety of occupations including children's
entertainer and Butlin's Redcoat! ;D
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As I recall he was one of those refs you were never quite sure
what to expect. If he was on song very good but could also be
pretty poor. The Trevor Kettle of his day!
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Re: What's My Line(sman) - Referees and their trades
DIR By: Boris10
Date: March 21, 2021, 7:45 am
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Saw Rex at Lincoln against Bradford[PA]in the late sixties.The
game was excellent,and I think that day,he was on song!
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