Uriah Rennie English Association Football Referee Born 1959 - June 7 in History | This Day Story

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June 7, 2025

Uriah Rennie, English Association Football Referee (born 1959)

Uriah Rennie

Uriah Duddley Rennie was an English football referee. He was the first black referee to officiate in the Premier League, and officiated over 300 Premier League matches between 1997 and 2008. Outside of football, he was a magistrate in Sheffield and briefly served as chancellor of Sheffield Hallam University in 2025.

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