Referee Robert Byrd did not start a count and waved the fight off, awarding Klitschko the win by knockout.

Robert Styles ( born 21 April 1964 ) is an English football Referee from Waterlooville, Hampshire, who officiates in the FA Premier League, and for FIFA.

In Forget Paris, Billy Crystal ( himself a New Yorker ) pays an NBA Referee who works a game at the Garden.

* Joey Marella ( 1964 – 1994 ) WWE Professional Wrestling Referee, who refereed main event for the indoor attendance record setting match at WrestleMania III between André the Giant versus Hulk Hogan in the Pontiac Silverdome.

Referee Ed Smith, who officiated several of Gotch ’ s bouts, including both of the Gotch-Hackenschmidt contests, had observed after the second match that “ to my mind … he wasn ’ t just exactly through one hundred percent on the courageous side.

A journalist known as " The Cynic " writing for a rugby football periodical called The Referee, suggested that Stephen Spragg, who had moved to Queensland, should be able to play for his state of birth, New South Wales.

There are no Initiative checks unless the Referee decides to randomly see who goes first.

And Eric Robertson, who is a Referee with the Ontario Hockey Association.

Daniel Briley is a former professional wrestler & Referee who worked under the stage name Danny Davis.

After being given time off to recuperate, the Bulldogs returned to the ring to continue their feud with the Hart Foundation and “ Evil Referee ” Danny Davis ( who, in the storyline, cheated to help the Hart Foundation win the title ).

* An offensive player who comes into the game wearing an illegal number for the position he takes must report to the Referee before the start of the next play.

In amateur boxing, a knockout is scored as " RSC ," for Referee Stopped Contest.

Referee Tom Kelly scored it 72-65 ; judges Larry Barrett and Terry Moore had it 70-68 and 71-64, respectively.

Referee Ken Shulsen scored the fight 145-142 Fullmer, judge Del Markham favored Fernandez 145-143, and judge Norman Jorgensen scored it 148-140.

Referee Gabriel Brazenas wrongly disallowed a goal scored by Eduardo Domínguez when the match was still 0-0.

The proud Arguello refused to go down, until Referee Stanley Christodoulou of South Africa stepped in to stop the fight, at which point Arguello collapsed to the canvas.

Referee Tony Perez had to stop the fight seconds later.

According to Nat Fleischer in The Ring, December 1951, page 3, this was an extremely dirty fight, with " wrestling, heeling, eye gouging, tripping, thumbing-in fact every dirty trick known to the old timers .." Referee Ray Miller " let the bout get out of hand ..." " The pattern of the ' contest ' never varied.

Referee Joey Curtis admitted to stopping the fight early under orders of the Nevada State Athletic Commission to be aware of a fighter's health in light of the Mancini-Kim fight, and a rematch was ordered.

Referee Johnny LoBianco awarded the fight to Durán, insisting that the blow that took down Buchanan was " in the abdomen, not any lower " and that he felt that Buchanan would be unable to continue fighting.

Referee Richard Steele stopped the fight in the seventh round.

Referee Nello Barrovecchio decides to entertain the fight goers by bending down, picking some coins that had been thrown by the fight fans into the ring, and then bowing to the fans during round eight of the bout, in Milan, Italy.

Referee Harry Gibbs awarded the fight to Bugner by the narrowest of margins, a quarter of a point.

Referee Toby Irwin seemed oblivious to what was occurring and by the time Irwin finally stopped the fight, Campbell collapsed to the canvas.

Referee Roy Francis stopped the fight in round 12, after which Watson collapsed in the ring.

Referee Herb Dean deemed that Shamrock was no longer able to intelligently defend himself and stopped the fight.

Tommy Ryan, Corbett's chief second, threw a large palm-leaf fan into the ring to alert Referee Graney that he should stop the fight.

* Referee stopped fight, in boxing terminology

Referee Arthur Donovan stopped action for the first time just over one minute and a half into the fight after Louis connected on five left hooks and a body blow to Schmeling's lower left which had him audibly crying in pain.

Referee Wayne Kelly stopped the fight after the second knockdown when Byrd had an open cut near his eyes.

The California State Boxing Commission soon suspended Referee Irwin for his failure to stop the fight, J. Hamilton Lorimer ( Baer's manager ), Carol E. Working and Tom Maloney ( Campbell's managers ), and seconds Tillie " Kid " Herman, Ray Carlin, Frankie Burns, and Larry Morrison.

Referee Herb Dean stopped the fight at 50 seconds into the first round when Mir's armbar visibly broke Sylvia's right forearm.

The Referee stopped the fight after Rampage got dominant position and began landing strikes on Randleman.

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Referee Watson decided the bout, scoring it 9 – 6 for Marciano.

* Daniel Lyman ( 1718 – 1788 )— Surveyor, Deputy to the General Court, Court Referee, Justice of the Peace and caretaker of the State's public records.

Referee Ed Smith, following the 1908 match, said that “ deep down in my own mind, I decided that George Hackenschmidt had quit – quit quite cold, as a matter of fact – because there was nothing about Gotch ’ s treatment of him in that first encounter that could by a stretch of the imagination call for a disqualification.

The Bulldogs had made a line break on the halfway line following an offload by Bryson Goodwin, only for the try to be disallowed as the Video Referee incorrectly determined that Greg Eastwood had obstructed Dragons five-eighth Jamie Soward when the line break was made, with the Dragons winning 20 – 18.

Referee Michael Jones gave Fuller a straight red for violent conduct and West Ham went on to win the match 2 – 1.

The power of the transmitter increased after Plugge convinced film studio and 280-strong cinema chain owner Gaumont British, owner of the Sunday Referee, an entertainment-based Sunday newspaper, which had sponsored him – and which printed Radio Normandy's schedule.

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* Fenners ( John Fendley ) – Stan Hibbert / Barry Proudfoot / Mike Schweinberger / Referee Gallagher ;

* Sheephead ( Joe Worsley ) – Referee Paul Gherkin / Topless Weather / Soccerette Gag ;

* Mike Carey-NFL Side Judge ( 1990 – 1995 ), Referee 1995 – Present, first black referee in Super Bowl history ( Feb. 3 2008-Super Bowl XLII )

* David M. Borden ( 1990 – 2007 ) One of the original members of the Appellate Court, drafter of Connecticut's Penal Code, first administrative judge for the Appellate System, served as acting chief justice from 2006 – 2007, still active as a Judge Trial Referee on the Appellate Court, screening cases for transfer to the Supreme Court.

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