Arthur Edward Ellis

Arthur Edward Ellis (born July 8, 1914 in Halifax , West Yorkshire , † May 23, 1999 ) was an English football referee . At the international level, he directed games at three world championships in the 1950s, and at the world championship finals in 1950 he was linesman in the "final" . At the European Championship in 1960 , the first European Championship final round, he was a final referee as well as at the Olympic Games in 1952 .

Career

Ellis was active as a referee in the English First Division from 1936 . From the end of the 1940s, international appearances can also be proven, for example in the British Home Championship, which is also a World Cup qualifier . In 1950 the Football Association sent him to the 1950 World Cup finals, in which, in addition to a game in the group phase, he also led a game in the final group phase in the 7-1 victory of the host Brazilians over the reigning Olympic champion Sweden . In the final game between Uruguay and Brazil, which was tied to a final due to the table constellation, he supported referee George Reader as linesman.

Even within the country's borders, Ellis was entrusted with important games, so he was responsible for the 1952 FA Cup final between Newcastle United and Arsenal FC . He was then a referee in five games at the Helsinki Olympics, including leading the final between Hungary and Yugoslavia . Two years later he was again one of the referees at the World Cup, the quarter-final game between Brazil and Hungary in the 1954 World Cup, which he whistled , went down in history as the Battle of Bern due to the brutal style of play - Ellis was sent three dismissals .

After the introduction of the European Cup in 1955, Ellis was also very active there and led six games in the premiere season, including four games by Hibernian Edinburgh and the final between Real Madrid and Stade Reims in Paris' Parc des Princes . Later he was used several times in semi-finals.

At the 1958 World Cup , Ellis celebrated his third participation in the finals, but led only two group games. Two years later he directed another final at Parc de Princes, this time on the occasion of the European Championship finals in 1960. In extra time, the Soviet Union prevailed against Yugoslavia.

In 1961, Ellis retired, but appeared as a referee on the game show It's A Knockout in the 1970s .

Web links

• Arthur Ellis in the worldreferee.com database