Fred Lindop

George Frederick Lindop MBE (20 July 1938 – January 2023) was a British rugby league referee. He refereed 22 test matches, including the World Cup final in 1970. He also refereed five Challenge Cup Finals.

Fred Lindop
MBE

Personal information
Full name	George Frederick Lindop
Born	(1938-07-20)20 July 1938 Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died	23 January 2023(2023-01-23) (aged 84)
Refereeing information
Years Competition Apps 1967–88 Rugby Football League Championship 1967–86 Internationals
Source: [1]

Lindop was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1989 New Year Honours for services to rugby league,^[2] and was inducted to the Rugby Football League's Roll of Honour in 2009.^[3][4]

Lindop also established the University of Sheffield rugby league team in 1969 and coached them.^[5] He coached junior rugby league at the Eastmoor club in Wakefield and the Oulton Raiders club near Leeds.

His death was announced on 23 January 2023, at the age of 84.^[6]