Govindasamy Suppiah

Govindasamy Suppiah (born 17 June 1929 – 6 December 2012) was a Singaporean football referee.

Suppiah officiated at the 1974 FIFA World Cup where he took charge of one match, Poland's 7–0 win against Haiti and went on to officiate as a linesman for two further matches.[1]

He was the first Asian to referee a match at the FIFA World Cup.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Haiti 0–7 Poland". Footballzz.co.uk. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  2. ↑ "George Suppiah the first Singaporean to referee at the world cup". Goal.com. 7 December 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2013.

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