Dave Bishop (referee)
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Birth name | David James Bishop | ||||||||||
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Date of birth | 13 September 1948 | ||||||||||
Place of birth | Christchurch, New Zealand | ||||||||||
School | Geraldine High School | ||||||||||
Spouse |
Alison Zanders (m. 1979) | ||||||||||
Children | 2 | ||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||
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David James Bishop (born 13 September 1948) is a former New Zealand international rugby union referee, who controlled 26 international matches between 1986 and 1995, including at the first three Rugby World Cup tournaments.[1][2][3]
Bishop was born in Christchurch on 13 September 1948, the son of James and Myra Bishop, and educated at Geraldine High School.[1] He married Alison Zanders in 1979, and the couple had two children.[1] In 1990, he was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 67. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
- ^ Gray, Wynne (24 October 2002). "A referee born to the big time". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- ^ "All RWC referees, 1987–2015". Rugby365. 17 September 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
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