Birthday Honours 2020
Alan Mcrae OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
President
“For services to Grassroots and Professional Football.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
For services to Grassroots and Professional Football.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
10 October 2020
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
O.B.E.
To be Ordinary Officers of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Alan McRAE
Lately President, Scottish Football Association
For services to Grassroots and Professional Football.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63135 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2020- Role at the time
- President
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- Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Grassroots and Professional Football.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 308 times in the Birthday Honours List 2020 — about 17% of the list.
In their area
13 Officer of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from City of Aberdeen.
What organisation were they with?
President.
How widely is this recognised?
2,830 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Others awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 2020
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Karen Jones
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Tavistock, Devon
“For services to Netball in England.”
Christine Gibbons
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Hove, East Sussex
“For services to Community Sport and Fitness.”
Gordon Deans
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Stromness, Orkney
“For services to Sport and to Island Communities.”
Lee Carsley
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Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Association Football.”
Christopher Brookes
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Bolton, Greater Manchester
“For services to Rugby League.”
David Dein
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London, Greater London
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Kwadwo Adjepong
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London, Greater London
“For services to Sport and Sports Law.”
James Wilson
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Gorebridge, Midlothian
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William Ryan
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Saltash, Cornwall
“For services to Rugby Football in Cornwall.”
Ronald Pearson
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Wrexham, Clwyd
“For services to Cricket.”
Naomi Issitt
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Rugby, Warwickshire
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Terence Hensby
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Sheffield, South Yorkshire
“For services to Community Rugby.”
Andrew Train
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Pershore, Worcestershire
“For services to Sport.”
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London, Greater London
“For services to Business, to Charity and to Cricket.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 63135, notice 3645973. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2020).
Published 9 October 2020.
Location (Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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