List of Australian Football League umpires
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 Chris Carriss and the first goal umpire was F. J. Burton.
There have been three female umpires to have officiated at VFL/AFL level – Katrina Pressley and Chelsea Roffey, both Queensland-based goal umpires and Eleni Glouftsis (field umpire)
Current umpires
Field
Statistics correct as of the end of the 2017 season
Name | # | First AFL match (AFLUA Heritage No.) | Games (2017) | Games (AFL career) | Finals matches (AFL career) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chris Donlon | 1 | 2005 (403) | 24 | 268 | 14 |
James Mcintyre | 2 | 2016 (424) | 16 | 95 | 3 |
Leigh Fisher | 3 | 2013 (429) | 23 | 96 | 0 |
Luke Farmer | 4 | 2007 (407) | 0 | 185 | 5 |
Leigh Haussen | 5 | 2014 (e.u.) 2017 (n.e.u.) (437) |
11 | 12 | 0 |
Dean Margetts | 6 | 2002 (391) | 21 | 298 | 11 |
Jeff Dalgleish | 7 | 2009 (416) | 25 | 166 | 6 |
Brett Rosebury | 8 | 2000 (384) | 23 | 372 | 40 |
Matt Stevic | 9 | 2004 (397) | 26 | 331 | 33 |
Robert O'Gorman | 10 | 2014 (431) | 19 | 65 | 0 |
Curtis Deboy | 11 | 2014 (e.u.) 2015 (n.e.u.) (432) |
23 | 54 | 1 |
Andrew Stephens | 12 | 2014 (430) | 21 | 72 | 0 |
Hayden Gavine | 14 | 2017 (439) | 10 | 10 | 0 |
Mathew Nicholls | 15 | 2003 (394) | 28 | 308 | 21 |
Brendan Hosking | 16 | 2012 (425) | 23 | 349 | 15 |
Justin Schmitt | 17 | 1997 (374) | 20 | 263 | 6 |
Ray Chamberlain | 18 | 2004 (401) | 21 | 264 | 20 |
Chris Kamolins | 19 | 2005 (404) | 18 | 207 | 1 |
Sam Hay | 20 | 2009 (414) | 20 | 158 | 0 |
Simon Meredith | 21 | 2004 (398) | 27 | 315 | 28 |
Nathan Williamson | 22 | 2017 (436) | 22 | 22 | 0 |
Robert Findlay | 23 | 2009 (415) | 23 | 188 | 3 |
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 |
Scott Jeffery | 29 | 2001 (385) | 15 | 324 | 13 |
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 |
Andrew Heffernan (rookie) | 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
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.
See also
- List of AFL Women's umpires
External links
- "Career Field – 1897–2008". AFL Umpires Association. Archived from the original on 2011-02-22. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
- "Player/Umpires". AFL Umpires Association. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
- "Umpire Statistics 2009". AFL Umpires Association. Archived from the original on 2009-02-07. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
- "Career Boundary – 1897–2008". AFL Umpires Association. Archived from the original on 2009-09-12. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
- "Career Goal – 1897–2008". AFL Umpires Association. Archived from the original on 2011-02-22. Retrieved 2009-04-16.