Colin Gardner
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Colin Gardner MBE (1940 or 1941 – 3 July 2010) was an English football official and philanthropist.
Career
[edit | edit source]Gardner began his career as a referee in the Football League.[1] He then became chairman of a number of non-league teams, including Minehead, Gloucester City and Forest Green Rovers.[1]
Recognition
[edit | edit source]Gardner was awarded a MBE in 2006 for his charity work.[1]
Death
[edit | edit source]Gardner died of a brain tumour on 3 July 2010, at the age of 69, at his home in Minchinhampton.[2]
References
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Categories:
- 1940s births
- 2010 deaths
- English football referees
- English football chairmen and investors
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- Deaths from brain cancer in England
- Neurological disease deaths in England
- English Football League referees
- 20th-century English businesspeople
- English football biography stubs