- George McCabe
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name = George McCabe
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birth_date = March 13, 1922
birth_place =Sheffield ,Yorkshire England
death_date = ?
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known_for =1966 FIFA World Cup
occupation =Association football referee
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website =George McCabe (born March 13, 1922, [ [http://www.zerozero.eu/uk/arbitro.php?id=842&search=1 Birthdate] : "zerozero.eu" website. Retrieved on March 26, 2008.]
Sheffield ,Yorkshire ; died ? [http://www.sufc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/SupportersClub/0,,10418,00.html "The late George McCabe"] : Sheffield United official website. Retrieved on March 26, 2008.] ) was an Englishassociation football referee, who officiated at the 1966 World Cup and in anFA Cup Final .Career
McCabe, though awarded the
1969 FA Cup Final in the domestic game in England, is perhaps more well-known for his handling of the Brazil versus Portugal World Cup match played atGoodison Park ,Liverpool , on July 19, 1966, in which he was assisted byWales 'Leo Callaghan and England'sKen Dagnall . [ [http://www.planetworldcup.com/CUPS/1966/groupc_bra_v_por.html Brazil v. Portugal] , Group C, 1966 World Cup: "PlanetWorldCup.com" website. Retrieved on March 26, 2008.]During that game he failed to send
João Morais from the field of play after a double foul onPelé . Although McCabe had appeared on the line in Brazil's victory over Bulgaria a week earlier, [ [http://www.planetworldcup.com/CUPS/1966/groupc_bra_v_bul.html Brazil v. Bulgaria] (linesman), Group C, 1966 World Cup: "PlanetWorldCup.com" website. Retrieved on March 26, 2008.] he played no further part in the competition following this incident. [ [http://www.guyanachronicle.com/ARCHIVES/archive%2023-10-05.html "All hail the King of Football for all times - King Pelé - Edson Arantes do Nascimento"] , Allan La Rose:Guyana Chronicle website. Retrieved on March 26, 2008.]Brian Glanville , writing of the match, stated: "Pelé would say that it was only when he saw the incident on film that he realised how bad it was. He would swear, then, never to play in a World Cup again. The indulgent, flaccid English referee, George McCabe, allowed Morais to stay on the field, so that now Portugal were playing against ten men". ["The Story of the World Cup",Brian Glanville , Faber and Faber, 2006 (p. 145), ISBN 0571190812.]The official Sheffield United website mentions his passing when crediting him with being co-founder (along with
Derek Dooley ) of the "Senior Blades Club", for over-60 supporters. No year of demise is specified.References
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