Erich Linemayr

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| name = Erich Linemayr

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| birth_place = Linz, Austria

| birth_date = {{birth date|1933|01|24|df=y}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|6|4|1933|01|24|df=y}}

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| internationalyears1 = 1968–1981

| confederation1 = FIFA-listed

| internationalrole1 = Referee

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{{Short description|Austrian football referee (1933–2016)}}

Erich Linemayr (24 January 1933 in Linz – 4 June 2016) was an Austrian football referee. He is known for having refereed three matches in the FIFA World Cup, two in 1974 and one in 1978.{{Cite web |title=European national football teams matches database |url=https://eu-football.info/_referee.php?id=1297}} He also refereed two matches in the 1980 UEFA European Championship in Italy and the European Cup final in 1979.[http://www.nachrichten.at/sport/fussball/fussball-oesterreich/Trauer-um-Erich-Linemayr;art127116,2253752 Trauer um Erich Linemayr {{in lang|de}}]

His most unusual match was the return game of the UEFA–CONMEBOL play-off between Chile and the Soviet Union (who had refused to travel to Santiago for the match) on 21 November 1973. "Chile shows up", Reuters report in Ottawa Journal, November 22, 1973, p. 29 When Chile scored a goal after 30 seconds, Linemayr immediately blew off the game and declared them winners.{{Cite web |date=2013-09-17 |title=The Soccer Match That Disgraced Chile |url=https://theworld.org/stories/2013/09/17/soccer-match-disgraced-chile |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=The World from PRX |language=en}}Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/Fb5KpkSajpw Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20100614214924/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb5KpkSajpw Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb5KpkSajpw| title = Chile-USSR | website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}