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| Born | David James Bishop 13 September 1948 Christchurch, New Zealand | ||||||||||
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| School | Geraldine High School | ||||||||||
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David James Bishop (born 13 September 1948) is a former New Zealand international rugby union referee, who controlled 26 international matches between 1986 and 1995, including at the first three Rugby World Cup tournaments.[1][2][3]
Bishop was born in Christchurch on 13 September 1948, the son of James and Myra Bishop, and educated at Geraldine High School.[1] He married Alison Zanders in 1979, and the couple had two children.[1] In 1990, he was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 67. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
- ↑ Gray, Wynne (24 October 2002). "A referee born to the big time". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- ↑ "All RWC referees, 1987–2015". Rugby365. 17 September 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
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