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Rudi Glöckner

1929 - 1999

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Rudolf Glöckner (20 March 1929 – 25 January 1999) was the first German to referee a football World Cup final when he took charge of the 1970 FIFA World Cup final between Brazil and Italy in Mexico City. Glöckner, from what was then East Germany, had a long international career, officiating at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and also matches in the 1976 European Championship. He refereed the game between Den Haag and West Ham United in the 1975–76 European Cup Winners' Cup. He had to be escorted from the field of play by 16 police officers when Wales and Yugoslavia met at Ninian Park, Cardiff in 1976, after the Welsh reacted violently to some of his decisions. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rudi Glöckner is the 13th most popular referee (down from 9th in 2019), the 3,781st most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,721st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular German Referee.

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Among REFEREES

Among referees, Rudi Glöckner ranks 13 out of 147. Before him are Michel Vautrot, Nicola Rizzoli, Björn Kuipers, Said Belqola, Nicolae Rainea, and Horacio Elizondo. After him are Jack Taylor, Howard Webb, Gottfried Dienst, Sergio Gonella, Roberto Rosetti, and István Kovács.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Rudi Glöckner ranks 277. Before him are Halyna Sevruk, Hans Clarin, Berry Gordy, Ninón Sevilla, Vang Pao, and Vija Artmane. After him are Hermann Prey, Francesco Marchisano, Piero Cappuccilli, Cecil Taylor, Nadja Tiller, and Stanisław Mikulski. Among people deceased in 1999, Rudi Glöckner ranks 138. Before him are Aleksandr Demyanenko, Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, Olga Orozco, Harvey Postlethwaite, Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, and Jürgen Moser. After him are Dmitry Likhachov, Maxim Munzuk, Tamás Mendelényi, Richard Kiley, Teuvo Aura, and Nise da Silveira.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Rudi Glöckner ranks 3,783 out of 7,253. Before him are Frederick Augustus, Duke of Nassau (1738), Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser (1540), Maximilian von Montgelas (1759), Franz Xaver Gabelsberger (1789), Philipp Nicolai (1556), and Walter Burkert (1931). After him are Fritz Manteuffel (1875), Hermann Prey (1929), Gerhard Marcks (1889), Sophie Caroline of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1705), Heinrich Walpot von Bassenheim (1198), and Corinna Harfouch (1954).

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Among REFEREES In Germany

Among referees born in Germany, Rudi Glöckner ranks 2. Before him are Markus Merk (1962). After him are Wolfgang Stark (1969), Felix Brych (1975), Herbert Fandel (1964), Felix Zwayer (1981), Deniz Aytekin (1978), Bibiana Steinhaus (1979), and Daniel Siebert (1984).

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