Georges Capdeville

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Pierre Georges Louis Capdeville (born October 30, 1899 – died February 24, 1991) was a football referee from France, who led the 1938 FIFA World Cup Final in Paris in the game between Italy and Hungary. Capdeville is the only referee to have officiated in a World Cup final in his own native country.

Capdeville was the referee in the French Cup final in 1936 in the game between Racing Club of Paris and Charleville and was also in charge of the Yugoslavia v England match during the FA's last European tour before the outbreak of the Second World War [1].

Preceded by Ivan Eklind, Louis Baert, Mihály Ivanicsics	FIFA World Cup Final match officials 1938	Succeeded by George Reader, Arthur Edward Ellis, George Mitchell