Colin Gardner
{{short description|English football official and philanthropist}}
{{for|the British film and media studies theorist|Colin Gardner (academic)}}
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Colin Gardner {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}} ({{Birth based on age at death|69|2010|07|03}} – 3 July 2010) was an English football official and philanthropist.
Career
Gardner began his career as a referee in the Football League.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_conf/8789834.stm|title=West country football stalwart Colin Gardner dies at 69|accessdate=5 July 2010|date=5 July 2010|work=BBC Sport}} He then became chairman of a number of non-league teams, including Minehead, Gloucester City and Forest Green Rovers.
=Recognition=
Gardner was awarded a MBE in 2006 for his charity work.
Death
Gardner died of a brain tumour on 3 July 2010, at the age of 69, at his home in Minchinhampton.{{cite web|url=
http://www.gazetteseries.co.uk/sport/gloucestershiresport/8253500.Football__Legend_Colin_Gardner_dies_aged_69/|title=Former Forest Green Rovers chairman Colin Gardner dies of a brain tumor|accessdate=5 July 2010|date=3 July 2010|publisher=Gazette Series}}
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Category:English football referees
Category:English football chairmen and investors
Category:Members of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Deaths from brain cancer in England
Category:Neurological disease deaths in England
Category:English Football League referees
Category:20th-century English businesspeople
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