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Leslie J 'Les' Hamer, (5 February 1921 - 1992), was an English association football referee from Horwich near Bolton in Lancashire. He was on the FIFA list from 1954 until 1968.

He refereed the League Cup Final at Wembley Stadium between Leeds United and Arsenal on 2 March 1968 which Leeds United won by the only goal of the game. After eighteen minutes, Hamer made a highly contravercial decision when he allowed a goal, scored by Terry Cooper, to stand after the ball had rolled to him following an incident involving Leeds players Paul Madeley and Jackie Charlton and the Arsenal goalkeeper Jim Furnell. The Arsenal players protested, claiming that Furnell had been impeded and fouled in his attempt to gather the ball from a corner taken by Eddie Gray.

He worked full time as a Civil Servant at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Chorley, Lancashire where he was a Process Supervisor on Group 5, the propellant filling and assembly section. He also worked in the evenings as a Bingo Caller at a bingo hall in Horwich.