Tony Boskovic
{{Short description|Australian soccer referee (1933–2022)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox football official
| name = Tony Boskovic
| fullname = Anton Boskovic{{cite web |title=Tony Boskovic, international football referee |url=https://eu-football.info/_referee.php?id=298 |website=eu-football.info |access-date=30 December 2022 |language=en}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|1|27|df=y}}
| birth_place =Blato, Croatia, Yugoslavia,
| death_date ={{Death date and age|2022|6|16|1933|1|27|df=y}}
| death_place =
| years1 = 1977–1983
| years2 =
| league1 = National Soccer League
| league2 =
| role1 = Referee
| role2 =
| internationalyears1 = 1967–1983
| confederation1 = FIFA listed
| internationalrole1 = Referee
|image=Tony Boskovic (1974).jpg|caption=Boskovic in 1974}}
Anton Boskovic (27 January 1933 – 16 June 2022) was an Australian soccer referee.
Career
Born in Blato, Croatia, Yugoslavia, he emigrated to Australia from the former Yugoslavia in 1955.{{cite web|url=https://www.myfootball.com.au/news/tony-boscovic|title=Tony Boscovic|website=MyFootball.com.au|date=30 September 2014|access-date=18 June 2018}}
Boskovic is known for having refereed two matches in the FIFA World Cup, one in 1974 and one in 1982.{{Cite web |url=http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/article/tony-boscovic/1ataezbz5m1jh1rbaqu1d5dsuu |title=Tony Boscovic |publisher=Football Federation Australia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916182906/http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/article/tony-boscovic/1ataezbz5m1jh1rbaqu1d5dsuu |access-date=16 September 2017|archive-date=16 September 2017 }}[https://www.ftbl.com.au/news/reppin-while-reffin---australias-world-cup-referees-494443 Tony Boskovic - 1974 and 1982] Australia's World Cup Referees He was inducted into the Football Federation Australia Hall of Fame in 1999.
In 1982 Boskovic was invited by the Australian Government to join an independent migration review panel.{{cite news |last1=Brammall |first1=Colin |title=14 named to independent migrant-review panel |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/126872806 |access-date=18 June 2018 |work=The Canberra Times |date=19 January 1982}}
Boskovic died on 16 June 2022, at the age of 89.{{Cite web |title=Football NSW - VALE: Anton "Tony" Boskovic |url=https://www.facebook.com/footballnsw/photos/a.390690574313315/5268628003186190/ |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://aus.worldfootball.net/referee_summary/tony-boskovic/ Tony Boscovic – referee profile] at WorldFootball.net
{{1982 FIFA World Cup referees}}
{{Football Federation Australia Hall of Fame}}
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Category:Australian soccer referees
Category:1982 FIFA World Cup referees
Category:Australian people of Croatian descent
Category:Yugoslav emigrants to Australia
Category:1974 FIFA World Cup referees
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