Oct 10, 2024 | Where Are They Now?
Almost every game as an umpire we receive criticism from the public about decisions, but one controversial correct decision has been a talking point since 1979. During the VFL Grand Final between Carlton and Collingwood, those present witnessed a timeless moment of...
Aug 6, 2024 | Where Are They Now?
How often does this happen? A brilliant footballer’s career is cut short by injury, so they decide to take on umpiring. James Edmund Rolfe, or Jim as is colloquially known, played with Maidstone in the...
Jun 25, 2024 | Where Are They Now?
My next ‘Where are they Now’ focuses on an Umpire who, in a small way, contributed to the demise of infamous coach of the Melbourne Football Club, Norm Smith. In 1964 Donald Reginald Blew (Heritage No. 240) was officiating as Field Umpire at the MCG in a clash between...
Jun 6, 2024 | Where Are They Now?
My next ‘Where are they Now’ has been a football fanatic ever since he could walk. Having been brought up in a football environment, where his father Clifford was a trainer with the Footscray Football Club Reserves team who won the premiership in 1962, following...
May 14, 2024 | Where Are They Now?
It must be hard following your parent into the same sporting field, burdened with the expectation to equal, if not better, your parent’s achievements. My next ‘Where are they Now’, Graham Eric Brewer, is just that case. His father Eric OAM succeeded in all aspects of...
Nov 2, 2023 | Where Are They Now?
This one’s a classic! Every year we see Malcom Blight kick for goal after the siren in 1976 against Carlton to win the game. The kick travelled at least 70 meters but almost 5 decades on, as legend grows and the kick gets longer and longer. Blight kicked...
