Fred Lindop

{{Short description|British rugby league referee (1938–2023)}}

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|fullname = {{nowrap|George Frederick Lindop}}

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|birth_place = Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

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George Frederick Lindop MBE (20 July 1938 – January 2023) was a British rugby league referee. He refereed 22 test matches, including the World Cup final in 1970. He also refereed five Challenge Cup Finals.

Lindop was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1989 New Year Honours for services to rugby league,UK list: {{London Gazette |date=30 December 1988 |supp=y |issue=51578 |pages=14 }} and was inducted to the Rugby Football League's Roll of Honour in 2009.[http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/4512970.display/ Fox is added to RFL's Roll of Honour - Telegraph & Argus 2009][http://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/sport/more-local-sport/fred-still-blowing-strong-after-50-years-1-968007 Fred still blowing strong after 50 years - Wakefield Express]

Lindop also established the University of Sheffield rugby league team in 1969 and coached them.[http://allgoldsrugby.com/great-expansionist/ The Great Expansionist - All Golds University of Gloucestershire] He coached junior rugby league at the Eastmoor club in Wakefield and the Oulton Raiders club near Leeds.

His death was announced on 23 January 2023, at the age of 84.{{cite web|url=https://www.totalrl.com/former-rugby-league-referee-fred-lindop-mbe-sadly-dies-as-rfl-pay-tribute/|title=Former rugby league referee Fred Lindop MBE sadly dies as RFL pay tribute|work=Rugby League World|date=23 January 2023|access-date=23 January 2023|first=Callum|last=Walker}}