Ian McLeod (referee)

Ian McLeod (5 March 1954 – 26 October 2017[1]) was a South African football referee.

[2] In 1996, he was selected for the African Nations Cup in South Africa, controlling only one game, the 2-0 win by Algeria over Sierra Leone on 18 January 1996.

[5] He was appointed to officiate in the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France, and took control of just one match, the 0-0 draw in Group D on 19 June 1998 between Spain and Paraguay, played at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne.

[6] After his retirement from active refereeing, he assisted the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) as a Match commissioner, overseeing the COSAFA Castle Cup Group C semi-final between Botswana and Namibia in July 2007.

[9] A few years after his retirement he joined Crawford Preparatory Pretoria where he was the principal[10] and died on Thursday 26 October 2017.