The Most Famous
REFEREES from New Zealand
This page contains a list of the greatest New Zealander Referees. The pantheon dataset contains 107 Referees, 1 of which were born in New Zealand. This makes New Zealand the birth place of the 46th most number of Referees behind United Arab Emirates and Mali.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary New Zealander Referees of all time. This list of famous New Zealander Referees is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Peter O'Leary (1972 - )
With an HPI of 35.54, Peter O'Leary is the most famous New Zealander Referee. His biography has been translated into 24 different languages on wikipedia.
Peter O'Leary (born 3 March 1972) is a New Zealand former Association football referee, previously of Wellington but now is residing and working in Hamilton. He operated in the Australian A-League and the New Zealand Football Championship, and his other occupation is as a teacher and deputy principal at Hamilton's Melville High School. He currently has the record for controlling the most matches in the FIFA World Club Cup.
Pantheon has 1 people classified as referees born between 1972 and 1972. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living referees include Peter O'Leary.
