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Robert Evans (Soccer Referee)
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'''Robert (Bob) Evans''' (1939 - 2016) was a Welsh-American soccer player, coach, and referee, author, and research geologist who represented the United States as an international (FIFA) referee from 1980 to 1988. <ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> He also served as U.S. Soccer's National Director of Referee Instruction from 1988 until 1992.<ref name=":0" />
== Professional career ==
Evans worked in the North American Soccer League first as a linesman (now assistant referee) and then as a referee from 1971 until the demise of the league in 1985.<ref name=":0" />
== International career ==
In 1979, U.S. Soccer nominated Evans to serve on its FIFA Panel of Referees, which at that time was limited in number to only seven. <ref name=":1"></ref> During the time he spent on the international panel, Evans refereed fifteen (15) full international A matches over an eight-year stretch that included the Olympic games.<ref name=":1" />
== Administration and instruction ==
In 1974, Eddie Pearson, considered by many to be the founder of the U.S. Soccer National Referee Program, Pat [[Pat Smith (soccer referee)|Smith]], Harry Baldwin, Roger Schott, Don Byron, Evans, and others met in New York to lay the foundations of the U.S. Soccer National Referee Program. <ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Later, Bob would retire from the international panel early so that he could accept the position of National Director of Referee Instruction.<ref name=":0" /> From 1988 to 1992, Evans served as National Director of Referee Instruction for U.S. Soccer, during which time he designed the curriculum for the first national assessor's course and created the instructor and assessor grades that are still used today. In 1992, he became the first American to be appointed a FIFA referee instructor, the highest honor there is for an instructor in the international soccer community.
Evans was recognized as an expert on Law 11 (Offside), producing a comprehensive set of slides and later narrating a video produced by U.S. Soccer.<ref name=":2"></ref>
== Author ==
Evans authored several books for linesmen (assistant referees), including "Manual for Linesmen" and "Teaching Offside" (with Tony Waiters) and "For the Good of the Game: Modern Techniques and Practical Wisdom for Today's Socer Referee" (with long-time colleague, retired FIFA referee Edward Bellion, Ph.D.). <ref name=":2" /> He was also a frequent contributor to Soccer America and a freelance science journalist with contributions to Smithsonian and American Scientist.
== Playing ==
== Coaching ==
== Awards ==
Evans was elected to the North Texas Soccer Hall of Fame and received the prestigious Eddie Pearson Award from U.S. Soccer in 1992. In 1994, he received the William Scofield award after recovering from non-Hodgkins lmphoma and continuing to make significant contributions to the game and U.S. referee program.
== Research geologist ==
Evans worked as a research geologist for Mobil Oil Company in Dallas from 1969 to 1988.
== References ==
== Professional career ==
Evans worked in the North American Soccer League first as a linesman (now assistant referee) and then as a referee from 1971 until the demise of the league in 1985.<ref name=":0" />
== International career ==
In 1979, U.S. Soccer nominated Evans to serve on its FIFA Panel of Referees, which at that time was limited in number to only seven. <ref name=":1"></ref> During the time he spent on the international panel, Evans refereed fifteen (15) full international A matches over an eight-year stretch that included the Olympic games.<ref name=":1" />
== Administration and instruction ==
In 1974, Eddie Pearson, considered by many to be the founder of the U.S. Soccer National Referee Program, Pat [[Pat Smith (soccer referee)|Smith]], Harry Baldwin, Roger Schott, Don Byron, Evans, and others met in New York to lay the foundations of the U.S. Soccer National Referee Program. <ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Later, Bob would retire from the international panel early so that he could accept the position of National Director of Referee Instruction.<ref name=":0" /> From 1988 to 1992, Evans served as National Director of Referee Instruction for U.S. Soccer, during which time he designed the curriculum for the first national assessor's course and created the instructor and assessor grades that are still used today. In 1992, he became the first American to be appointed a FIFA referee instructor, the highest honor there is for an instructor in the international soccer community.
Evans was recognized as an expert on Law 11 (Offside), producing a comprehensive set of slides and later narrating a video produced by U.S. Soccer.<ref name=":2"></ref>
== Author ==
Evans authored several books for linesmen (assistant referees), including "Manual for Linesmen" and "Teaching Offside" (with Tony Waiters) and "For the Good of the Game: Modern Techniques and Practical Wisdom for Today's Socer Referee" (with long-time colleague, retired FIFA referee Edward Bellion, Ph.D.). <ref name=":2" /> He was also a frequent contributor to Soccer America and a freelance science journalist with contributions to Smithsonian and American Scientist.
== Playing ==
== Coaching ==
== Awards ==
Evans was elected to the North Texas Soccer Hall of Fame and received the prestigious Eddie Pearson Award from U.S. Soccer in 1992. In 1994, he received the William Scofield award after recovering from non-Hodgkins lmphoma and continuing to make significant contributions to the game and U.S. referee program.
== Research geologist ==
Evans worked as a research geologist for Mobil Oil Company in Dallas from 1969 to 1988.
== References ==
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