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Werner Winsemann
Bio
Werner J.H. Winsemann... he was 21 years old when he moved to Canada in 1954... he married his wife (they had four children)... became a Canadian citizen in 1960... worked in the auto repair business...
honoured by the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame as a referee (one of the first 11 non-players honoured as part of The Soccer Hall of Fame’s inaugural Class of 2000)... in fact one of the first two Canadian referees honoured by the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame (Horace Lyons and Werner Winsemann)... honoured by the Soccer Hall of Fame of British Columbia... named in his honour, the BC Soccer Werner Winsemann recognises the high performance referee of the year... recipient of the Ray Morgan Memorial Award in 1980...
wrote Emmerson Mathurin in 1980, “most of Winsemann’s colleagues in Concacaf regard him grudgingly as Numero Uno, while others in North American simply refer to him as The Best”...
Honours
Individual Awards
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2019Soccer Hall of Fame of British Columbia Honoured Referee / Arbitre honoré
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2013-14BC Soccer Life Member Life Member / membre à vie
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2000Canada Soccer Hall of Fame Honoured Referee / Arbitre honoré
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1999BC Soccer Officials of the Year Recipient / Récipiendaire
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1997International Achievement Award Recipient / Récipiendaire
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1980Ray Morgan Memorial Award Referee / Arbitre
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