Jun 14, 2018 | Where Are They Now?
Photo: AFLUA Life Member, Gordon and his wife Wilma (Composer of Umpires’ Theme Song) Send a cheer over here, when the Men in White appear, they will umpire with Blood in their Boots. These are the opening lines to the Umpires Theme song composed by our next ‘Where...
May 10, 2018 | Where Are They Now?
My next “where are they now” is a boundary umpire who was not happy in applying 110% into everything that he took on, stating that “if it’s not worth doing well then don’t take the bloody thing on in the first place”. Peter Raymond Saultry, Heritage Boundary Umpire...
Mar 14, 2018 | Where Are They Now?
Hello all I’m back for another series of ‘where are they now?’ In this edition we turn back the clock to 1976 and check in on: IAN JAMES BENNETT Ian James “Benny” Bennett, is a name you will all know if you are an avid follower of channel 31 “The Local Football...
Oct 12, 2017 | Where Are They Now?
It is my pleasure to introduce to you Walter Charles Hopkins OAM (Wally), aged 92 years and one of the oldest members of the AFLUA. Wally joined the VFL list back in 1948 after a recommendation from the Footscray and District Umpire’s Association. In 1948...
Jun 7, 2016 | Where Are They Now?
Leo Sutton is 88 years young. He still weighs 63 kg – his running weight and is just as busy now as he was in his heyday as a boundary umpire on the VFL panel between 1950 and 1960. When former Prime Minister, Robert Menzies made the decision to move the...
May 4, 2016 | Where Are They Now?
Bill Wall came to prominence in his role as the Senior Vice President of the VFLUA during the protracted dispute with the VFL in August 1981. The league’s top 32 umpires had resigned on the eve of round 19. Bill, along with President, Paul Serong and secretary...
