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List Of Australian Football League Umpires
This is a list of people who have umpired in the Australian Football League (AFL), formerly the VFL. As of 2007 there have been a total of 1,249 umpires to have umpired at VFL/AFL Level (408 field umpires, 523 boundary umpires and 318 goal umpires). The first field umpire to be appointed to a match was Henry "Ivo" Crapp, the first boundary umpire was Chris Carriss and the first goal umpire was F. J. Burton. There have been three female umpires to have officiated at VFL/AFL level – Katrina Pressley and Chelsea Roffey, both Queensland-based goal umpires and Eleni Glouftsis (field umpire) Current umpires Field ''Statistics correct as of the end of Round 4 2019'' ''Note: Umpires only receive an AFLUA Heritage Number if they start a match, rather than come on as an emergency umpire. Thus, some umpires have made their AFL debut, but not received a Heritage Number.'' Boundary John Gambetta Goal VFL/AFL players and umpires This list is of VFL/AFL footballers who umpired ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umpire (Australian Rules Football)
An umpire is an official in the sport of Australian rules football who adjudicates the game according to the " Laws Of The Game", the official handbook of Australian Rules Football. Umpiring the game of AFL across all leagues be it professional or juniors just starting have been subject to long history of abuse, in 2022 the AFL a long all the other associations have stepped up to help stamp out that abuse. Origins Unlike many other codes of football, where the official is called a ''referee'', in Australian rules football the officials are called umpires. Tom Wills, one of the founders of the Australian game, was the earliest known umpire of a football match in Australia. At first the captains of both teams shared the duty of officiating games, but as the game became more professional in the 1880s, umpires became an important aspect of the game. Abuse Banter and questioning the umpires decisions at events have been around the sport since the sport began. That questioning ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Boyd (footballer)
Jack Boyd (24 February 1906 – 26 April 1996) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ... (VFL). Notes External links * * 1906 births 1996 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Essendon Football Club players Ballarat Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1906-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Davidson
David John Davidson (10 May 1875 – 3 November 1952) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ... (VFL). Originally from Albert Park, Davidson had just three seasons in the VFL but later returned as a boundary umpire. He officiated in 44 matches, most notably the 1905 Grand Final, as well as field umpiring a match in the 1906 season. References *Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing. External links * * 1875 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Melbourne Football Club players Sydney Swans players Australian Football League umpires 1952 deaths {{A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Curtis
Charlie Curtis (17 December 1878 – 8 May 1959) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family The son of John Richard Curtis, J.P. (1853-1945), and Elizabeth Curtis (1855-1931), née Harry, Charles Ernest Curtis was born at Carlton, Victoria on 17 December 1878. One of his brothers, Harry Richard Curtis (1892-1968), played VFL football for both Carlton and Collingwood. He married Alice Louisa Atkinson (1882-1906) in 1904. He married Maud May Ratcliff (1887-1948) in 1911. Death He died at St Vincent's Hospital in Fitzroy, Victoria Fitzroy is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Yarra local government area. Fitzroy recorded a population of 10,431 at the 2021 census. Pl ... on 8 May 1959. Notes References * Foreman Robs Employer, ''The Herald'', (Tuesday, 18 September 1923), p.16.Skins Stolen fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Curtis (umpire)
Andrew Curtis is a former Australian rules football goal umpire. Umpiring career WAFL Curtis began his career as a goal umpire with the North Pilbara Football League in 1986. He was transferred by his employer BHP to Launceston, Tasmania where he continued his umpiring career with the Tasmanian Football League. In 1991, he returned to Perth, Western Australia and joined the Western Australian Football League. He umpired in the 1996 WAFL Grand Final between East Perth Football Club and Claremont Football Club. By the time of his retirement in 2006 he had umpired 143 WAFL league matches. In 2003, he was inducted as a Life Member to the West Australian National Football League Umpiring Association. AFL Curtis joined the Australian Football League umpiring panel in 1996. In 2000, he was appointed to his first AFL final and was also selected to officiate in an exhibition match held at The Oval in London. Between 1996 and 2006 Curtis umpired 107 AFL senior matches which included 10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Craven
Thomas Harold Craven (26 April 1895 – 26 November 1970) was a player for Geelong in the VFL The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ... between 1915 and 1924. He captained the club in 1921 and 1922. Despite his small size, he played most of his career at full back. He was a boundary umpire for two league games in 1931. References External links * 1895 births 1970 deaths Geelong Football Club players Newtown Football Club players Australian Football League umpires Australian rules footballers from Geelong {{AFL-bio-1895-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Corbett (footballer)
Robert "Bob" Corbett (23 November 1895 – 10 June 1957) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Football Corbett, a centreman, came originally from Ballarat team Golden Point and was already 24 by the time he made his VFL debut in 1920. He was a constant fixture in the Melbourne side during the 1920s and a regular interstate representative. Just before half time in the 1926 Preliminary Final, Corbett was struck in the face and knocked to the ground by Essendon player Charlie May. Despite returning to the field later in the game, he missed out on playing in Melbourne's premiership win the following week, diagnosed with a broken jaw. A side result of this incident was the eventual introduction of a reserve that could replace injured players.Atkinson, p.79. He acted as VFL boundary umpire after retiring and officiated in 40 matches from 1931 to 1933. See also * 1927 Melbourne Carnival The 1927 Melbourne Carnival wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Collins (Australian Footballer)
Edward Victor Collins (22 September 1893 - 4 May 1974) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ... (VFL). Notes External links * * 1893 births 1974 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) St Kilda Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1893-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Coffey (footballer)
William John Coffey (10 October 1896 – 9 April 1962) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ... (VFL). Notes External links * * 1896 births 1962 deaths Australian rules footballers from Melbourne Essendon Football Club players People from Fitzroy, Victoria {{AFL-bio-1896-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Chapman (footballer)
Etienne Samuel Chapman (26 April 1876 – 2 December 1949) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Chapman was educated at Scotch College and played his early football in the Victorian Football Association for 1 game with Richmond in 1892, then Fitzroy, St Kilda and South Melbourne A forward, Chapman joined Carlton for the 1897 VFL season, the inaugural league season. He played 13 games that year and kicked four of Carlton's five goals in their round six defeat of St Kilda at Junction Oval, to register their first ever VFL win. In the 1898 VFL season, Chapman made a further 12 appearances. Chapman was a VFL goal umpire from 1902 to 1913. He officiated in a total of 160 games, including grand finals in 1907, 1911 and 1913 Events January * January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos (1913), Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vernon Carkeek
Vernon Carkeek (13 February 1893 – 28 December 1968) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Carkeek, who played originally for Hawthorn in the VFA, made three appearances for Collingwood, two in 1915 and one in 1916. In the 1922 VFL season The 1922 VFL season was the 26th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured nine clubs, ran from 6 May until 14 October, and comprised a 16-game ..., he officiated in a single game as a boundary umpire. References 1893 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Collingwood Football Club players Hawthorn Football Club (VFA) players Australian Football League umpires 1968 deaths {{AFL-bio-1893-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Canet
Charlie Canet (8 September 1895 – 11 February 1978) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Canet coached Sale to premierships in 1924 and 1927 in the Gippsland Football League. After successfully coaching Nathalia to the 1923 Goulburn Valley Football Association The Goulburn Valley Football Association (GVFA) is an Australian rules football competition that was first established in 1888 in the Goulburn Valley of Victoria, Australia, with the foundation clubs being Cobram, Muckatah, Nathalia, Numurkah, ... premiership and Maffra, Sale and Kyabram, Canet was appointed as coach of the Carlton Reserves in 1940. Notes External links *Charlie Canet's profileat Blueseum 1895 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Carlton Football Club players 1978 deaths Sportspeople from Shepparton Sale Football Club coaches {{AFL-bio-1895-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
