Bob played football at Prahran Technical School. He began umpiring social matches in 1948 before moving to the VFL Reserve Grade between 1949 and 1951. Bob was promoted to the VFL senior panel in 1952 where...
2019 welcomes Nathan Toner onto the AFL Rookie Squad in Victoria.
Nathan started umpiring after hanging up his footy boots. Like a lot of up and coming umpires, he wanted to stay involved in some way and ear...
Bernie was one of the characters of VFL/AFL football who always had a smile on his face and greeted everyone with a warm welcome.
Bernie commenced his connection with football as a player with the Albion Foo...
Like many umpires before him, Daniel took up umpiring to earn a bit of pocket money and also because his dad, a former state and grade cricket umpire, encouraged him to give it a go.
Daniel Johanson joins th...
We welcome back Aaron Langdon to the AFL Rookie Squad after an original stint on the AFL Rookie squad back in 2015.
Aaron originally took up umpiring whilst playing AFL footy to earn some money on weekends,...
Josh Furman started umpiring with the Southern Umpires’ Association in 2010 where he umpired for 5 years before joining the VFL in 2015. In his 4 years with the VFL, Josh made an immediate impression and was ap...
The start to Paul’s umpiring career began when he realised his playing days were over and he still wanted to be involved in the sport. He began as a goal umpire when he was 15 and decided then ‘that he wanted ...
Nick Swanson joins the Queensland AFL Boundary Squad following the retirement of Aaron Deckys at the end of the 2018 season.
Coming from a running background, Nick took up boundary umpiring when an email was...