List of Australian Football League umpires

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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 and the first goal umpire was .

There have been three female umpires to have officiated at VFL/AFL level – 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

Name # First AFL match (AFLUA Heritage No.) Games (2019) Games (AFL career) Finals matches (AFL career)
Chris Donlon 1 2005 (403) 4 294 14
Nick Foot 2 2012 (424) 4 117 0
Leigh Fisher 3 2013 (429) 4 118 0
4 2019 (-) 4 4 0
Leigh Haussen 5 2014 (e.u.)
2017 (n.e.u.) (437) 		4 37 0
Dean Margetts 6 2002 (391) 4 327 12
Jeff Dalgleish 7 2009 (416) 4 193 6
Brett Rosebury 8 2000 (384) 4 402 44
Matt Stevic 9 2004 (397) 3 359 37
Robert O'Gorman 10 2014 (431) 4 90 0
Curtis Deboy 11 2014 (e.u.)
2015 (n.e.u.) (432) 		0 75 2
Andrew Stephens 12 2014 (430) 4 90 0
Nick Brown 13 2015 (434) 3 39 0
Hayden Gavine 14 2017 (439) 4 33 0
Mathew Nicholls 15 2003 (394) 1 335 24
Brendan Hosking 16 2012 (425) 4 135 2
John Howorth 17 2019 (-) 0 0 0
Ray Chamberlain 18 2004 (401) 4 291 23
19 2018 (441) 1 12 0
Sam Hay 20 2009 (414) 4 183 0
Simon Meredith 21 2004 (398) 4 345 30
Nathan Williamson 22 2017 (436) 4 49 1
Robert Findlay 23 2009 (415) 4 216 5
David Harris 24 2012 (427) 21 91 0
Shaun Ryan 25 2003 (395) 23 281 30
Craig Fleer 26 2012 (426) 18 77 0
Troy Pannell 28 2005 (402) 17 205 5
29 2019 () 4 4 0
Shane McInerney 30 1994 (353) 24 464 26
Andrew Mitchell 31 2012 (423) 20 104 1
Jacob Mollison 32 2008 (413) 24 191 1
Brent Wallace 33 2015 (435) 5 36 0
Eleni Glouftsis 34 2017 (438) 5 5 0
Andre Gianfagna 35 — 0 0 0
Daniel Butcher (rookie) 36 — 0 0 0
Cameron Barr (rookie) 37 — 0 0 0
Kayne Nund (rookie) 38 — 0 0 0
Alex Whetton (rookie) 39 — 0 0 0
Rowan Hundertmark (rookie) 40 2017 (e.u.) 1 1 0
Lewis Giles (rookie) 41 — 0 0 0
Matt Adams (rookie) 42 2014 (e.u.) 0 1 0
Justin Power (rookie) 43 — 0 0 0
Liam Rowe (rookie) 44 2016 (e.u.) 0 1 0
45 — 0 0 0
Patrick Burns (rookie) 46 — 0 0 0
John Howorth (rookie) 47 — 0 0 0
Nick Brown — 2015 (434) 0 17 0

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 at least one match in the league, either as a boundary, field or goal umpire. There have been a total of 85 players to achieve this distinction.

Name Games umpired Years umpired
Bert Allen 2 1915
Roy Allen 1 1931
Jordan Bannister 1+ 2012–
Jimmy Bates 15 1939–1943
Tammy Beauchamp 7 1909
Wally Beckwith 22 1928–1929
Vic Belcher 17 1921–30
Albert Bickford 1 1921
Billy Blair 41 1940–1945
Max Blumfield 37 1951–1954
Jack Boyd 41 1934–1936
Bob Boyle 59 1907–1915
Billy Bremner 21 1910–1912
Billy Briscoe 51 1926–1929
Charlie Canet 7 1931
Vernon Carkeek 1 1922
Sam Chapman 160 1902–1913
Bill Coffey 33 1926–1929
Ted Collins 1 1930
Bob Corbett 40 1931–1933
Harold Craven 2 1931
Andrew Curtis 107 1996–2006
Charlie Curtis 3 1910
Jack Davidson 1 1906
Bill L. Davies 2 1914
Lawrie Delaney 9 1915–1918
Eddie Drohan 14 1909
Charlie Dummett 264 1927–1945
Percy Ellingsen 53 1931–1933
Leigh Fisher 1+ 2013-
Charlie Foletta 31 1913–15
Mark Fraser 5 2005
Dick Gibson 100 1899–1909
George Green 13 1917–1920
Bill Griffiths 20 1911–1913
Ted Hall 1 1900
Charlie Hammond 11 1921
Harry Hardiman 69 1944–1948
George Hastings 8 1905–10
Clarrie Hearn 12 1937
Neville Heffernan 67 1931–1935
Hugh Heron 120 1914–1926
Arthur Hiskins 52 1930–1933
Ern Jenkins 132 1920–1927
Harold Johnston 3 1930
Percy Jory 3 1925
Pat Kennedy 76 1925–1931
Harry Lampe 1 1909
Phil Lane 26 1943–1946
Billy Leeds 2 1904
Teddy Lockwood 1 1917
Mick Madden 93 1923–1929
Vin Maguire 7 1923–1924
Dick McCabe 1 1918
Bill McNamara 3 1906–1908
Mick Madden 93 1923–1929
Keith Millar 3 1936
Roy Millen 1 1929
Jack Monohan 181 1913–1926
Billy Moxham 25 1913–1919
Alec Mutch 47 1923–1927
Wally Naismith 11 1915–1919
Michael O'Gorman 172 1902–1919
Howard Okey 9 1936
Jack O'Loughlin 91 1904–1910
Billy Orchard 14 1923–1926
Albert Pannam 12 1914–1921
Mick Pleass 2 1902
Les Reynolds 3 1929
Harry Rowe 16 1951–1955
George Sandford 83 1904–1913
Ed Sanneman 43 1936–1941
Ernie Schunke 11 1904
Bob Sellers 131 1944–1952
Jimmy Shand 4 1930
Teddy Shorten 156 1930–1949
Fred Sigmont 108 1908–15
Jimmy Smith 33 1907–10
Bert Streckfuss 109 1921–1930
George Threlfall 22 1929–1931
George Topping 3 1913
Lardie Tulloch 65 1905–11
Fred Turnbull 1 1923
Bill Twomey 3 1933
Dick Vernon 4 1912
Bert Wregg 39 1905–1908

External links[]

  • "Career Field – 1897–2008". AFL Umpires Association. Archived from the original on 22 February 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2009.
  • "Player/Umpires". AFL Umpires Association. Retrieved 16 April 2009.
  • "Umpire Statistics 2009". AFL Umpires Association. Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 16 April 2009.
  • "Career Boundary – 1897–2008". AFL Umpires Association. Archived from the original on 12 September 2009. Retrieved 16 April 2009.
  • "Career Goal – 1897–2008". AFL Umpires Association. Archived from the original on 22 February 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2009.
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