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 he umpired until he retired in 1962. Bob umpired 22 senior...
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 earn pocket money so umpiring provided a logical step for a 13...
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 Football Club in the Footscray District FL. Bernie turned to...
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 the AFL Rookie Squad for the first time in Western Australia. ...
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, but upon realising he wasn’t the greatest footy player...
