New Year Honours 1993
Gordon David Strachan OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“For services to Association Football.”
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“For services to Association Football.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 248 times in the New Year Honours List 1993 — about 20% of the list.
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.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 1993
Adrian Rudolph Lyon
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Alan Jeffrey Smith
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Royal Air Force
Albert Samuel Watts
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
“For politicaland publicservice.”
Alberto Morrocco
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
Artist
Alexander William Garroch
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
Royal Air Force
Alexandra Vivien Burslem
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
Alfred George Kennedy
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
Ali Mustafa Gursoy
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
“For services to British commercial interests in Cyprus.”
Andrew Henry Simon
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
“For services to Export and to Industry.”
Andrew Stuart Craig
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
Corps of Royal Engineers
Angela Betty Yeoman
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
“For services to Environmental Protection.”
Angela Louise Comfort
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
“For political and public service.”
Anne Ferguson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
Anthony George Eley
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
Anthony John Newman-Taylor
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
Chairman
Anthony Robert Norman Higgs
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
Royal Air Force
Anthony Sleight
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
“For services to Export and to the Chemical Industry.”
AnthonySt.John Steiner
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
Royal Navy
Antonia Frances Bagshawe
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
“For medical services to the community in Zambia.”
Arthur Denis Linfoot
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
Registrar
Arthur Hall Sanderson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
“For servicesto the Food Industry.”
Arthur John Frederick Stagg
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
“For services to British aviation interests in Saudi Arabia.”
Audrey Shore Henshall
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
“For services to Archaeology.”
Barry Richard Coward
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993
Royal Navy
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Others recognised for Sport & Recreation
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 2,830 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation. See the full list →
Kevin Sinfield,
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Oldham, Greater Manchester
“For services to Rugby League, Rugby Union and the MND Community.”
Raymond Pritchard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Sport, to Tourism and to UK/Switzerland Relations.”
Steven Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to Rugby Union Football and to the community in Crosby, Merseyside.”
Scott Rogers
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Saint Helens, Merseyside
“For services to Disability Sport.”
Lynn Hay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Amateur Sport in London.”
Michael Barnard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stafford, Staffordshire
“For services to Grassroots Football.”
Gary Street
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ashford, Kent
“For services to Rugby Union.”
Garry Richardson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Seale, Surrey
“For services to Sport Broadcasting.”
Winston Michael
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ashford, Kent
“For services to Inclusivity and Sport in Kent.”
Ian Lovett
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Sevenoaks, Kent
“For services to Cricket and to Charity.”
Karen Jones
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Tavistock, Devon
“For services to Netball in England.”
Christine Gibbons
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Hove, East Sussex
“For services to Community Sport and Fitness.”
Gordon Deans
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Stromness, Orkney
“For services to Sport and to Island Communities.”
Lee Carsley
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Association Football.”
Christopher Brookes
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bolton, Greater Manchester
“For services to Rugby League.”
David Dein
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Football and to Charity.”
Kwadwo Adjepong
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Sport and Sports Law.”
James Wilson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Gorebridge, Midlothian
“For services to Youth Development, Sport and to Community Empowerment.”
William Ryan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Saltash, Cornwall
“For services to Rugby Football in Cornwall.”
Ronald Pearson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wrexham, Clwyd
“For services to Cricket.”
Naomi Issitt
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Rugby, Warwickshire
“For services to Defibrillator Training and Awareness in Rugby, Warwickshire.”
Terence Hensby
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
“For services to Community Rugby.”
Andrew Train
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Pershore, Worcestershire
“For services to Sport.”
Babar Qureshi
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Business, to Charity and to Cricket.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 1993
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1993 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1992.
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