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The report recorded worldwide deaths attributed to sudden cardiac arrest or other unexplained sudden death while playing (or shortly after playing) football during the period from 2014 to 2018. There were 617 cases during the five-year period. In the majority of cases where an autopsy was carried out, the cause of death was coronary heart disease.
A foul is an unfair act by a player, deemed by the referee to contravene the game's laws, that interferes with the active play of the match. Fouls are punished by the award of a free kick (possibly a penalty kick) to the opposing team. A list of specific offences that can be fouls are detailed in Law 12 of the Laws of the Game (other ...
Referee Assistant Referees Reserve Referees and Assistant Referees Video Assistant Referees (VARs) and Assistant VARs 1930 [1] John Langenus: Ulises Saucedo Henri Christophe: Reserve Referees since 1994 Reserve Assistant Referees since 2006: Video Assistant Referees (VARs) and Assistant VARs since 2018: 1934 [2] Ivan Eklind: Louis Baert Mihály ...
The predominant system of positioning and division of responsibility used by football match officials throughout the world is known as the Diagonal system of control (DSC). The referee has final decision-making authority on all matters. The referee is assisted by two assistant referees who advise the referee.
The "Five Jia B Rats incident" was a series of match fixing incidents that involved five football teams in the final rounds of the 2001 second-tier Jia B League (present day China League One). Referee Gong Jianping served 18 months in prison before dying of leukemia. [35]
The National Football League Referees Association (NFLRA), established in 1972 as the Professional Football Referees Association is a labor union that serves as the collective bargaining agency for game officials with the National Football League (NFL). The NFLRA has been involved in two work stoppages, lock outs taking place in 2001 and 2012.
Jim Tunney (born March 3, 1929) is a former American football official in the National Football League (NFL) from 1960 to 1990. In his 31 years as an NFL official, Tunney received a record 29 post-season assignments, including ten Championship games and Super Bowls VI, XI and XII and named as an alternate in Super Bowl XVIII.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 7 September 2024. American football official (1947–2023) Bill Leavy Born (1947-02-13) February 13, 1947 Santa Barbara, California, U.S. Died March 28, 2023 (2023-03-28) (aged 76) Occupation NFL official (1995–2014) Bill Leavy was an American football official who officiated in the National Football ...