Charles Dempsey

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Charles John "Charlie" Dempsey , CBE (born March 4, 1921 in Maryhill , Glasgow , † June 24, 2008 in Auckland ) was a New Zealand football official of Scottish descent.

Dempsey emigrated to New Zealand in 1952 . From 1964 he held a leading position at the New Zealand Football Association . In 1982 he became President of the Oceanic Football Association and in 1996 a member of the FIFA Executive Committee. Under his leadership, the New Zealand national team reached the finals of a soccer World Cup in Spain for the first time in 1982 . In 1999 he brought the finals of the U17 World Cup to New Zealand. In 1982 Dempsey was named Commander of the Order of the British Empire in New Zealand for his services to football . In 2004 he was awarded the FIFA Order of Merit.

Dempsey became internationally known in 2000. As a member of the FIFA Executive Committee, despite instructions from his association, he abstained from the vote that he should have cast for the South African candidate. Dempsey, however, favored the German application . He felt pressured for various reasons; what had actually led Dempsey to abstain remained controversial. In one of his few interviews afterwards, he spoke of “pressure from influential European interest groups”, citing the decisive reason: “The main factor behind my decision was that my colleagues whispered that I would take money from the South African delegation. I wanted to counter this by abstaining. ”A fax from the satirical magazine Titanic , in which Dempsey Black Forest ham and a cuckoo clock were promised if he should vote for Germany, could have influenced his decision (see How Titanic once won the football 2006 World Cup to Germany ). After the election, he was heavily criticized, especially from Africa, and South Africa's representative Irvin Khoza even spoke of fraud. Shortly after the election, Dempsey resigned two years before the end of the term. In 2008 he died after a short, serious illness.

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  1. ↑ What Dempsey said about the allegations. In: 20 minutes from July 16, 2012
  2. ↑ Satire campaign: How Mr S. brought the World Cup to Germany. In: Spiegel Online . November 18, 2005, accessed June 10, 2018 .
  3. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/in_depth/2000/2006_world_cup_decision/822941.stm
  4. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/in_depth/2000/2006_world_cup_decision/832090.stm
personal data
SURNAME Dempsey, Charles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dempsey, Charles John; Dempsey, Charlie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand football official
DATE OF BIRTH March 4, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Maryhill , Glasgow
DATE OF DEATH June 24, 2008
Place of death Auckland