Billy Thompson (referee)
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| Full name | William Henry Thompson | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 September 1933 Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | February 2021 (aged 87) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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William Henry Thompson MBE (1933 – 2021) was a British rugby league referee. He refereed 17 Test matches, including the World Cup final in 1977. He also refereed three Challenge Cup Finals.
Thompson was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1985 Birthday Honours for services to rugby league.