Darren_Wilson_(umpire)

Darren Wilson (umpire)

Darren Wilson (umpire)

Australian rules football boundary umpire

Darren Wilson (born 21 September 1974) is a former Australian rules football boundary umpire and current boundary umpire coach. He is also an elite stair climber who won the 2016 Empire State Building Run-Up.

Umpiring career

SANFL

Wilson umpired the 1992, 1993, and 1997 SANFL grand finals.

AFL

Wilson made his Australian Football League debut as a boundary umpire in 1992, the youngest umpire ever as of 2023.[1][2][3]

Wilson umpired the 1998 AFL Grand Final between Adelaide and North Melbourne. By 2009, he had umpired 12 consecutive AFL Grand Finals, a record; this feat also simultaneously set a new record for the number of grand finals umpired.[1][4][5][6]

Wilson was inducted into the South Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2022.[7] In 2021, he was made a life member; he is the only AFL life member who is a boundary umpire.[8]

He became the inaugural AFLW boundary umpires coach for 2017–18, and he was the AFL national boundary umpire coach from 2019 to now.[9]

References

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    "Umpire Profiles - Darren Wilson". Australian Football League Umpires Association. Archived from the original on 12 September 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
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    Watson, Callie (15 July 2007). "AFL umpire is game". The Advertiser. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
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    "Darren Wilson". SANFL. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
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    "11 IN A ROW FOR WILSON". South Australian National Football League. 25 September 2008. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
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    "Boundary Umpire". Stateline South Australia. Adelaide. 26 September 2008. ABC Television. yes.
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    "Weekly Update". Whatsyourdecision.com.au. 25 September 2009. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
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    "Darren Wilson". SANFL. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
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    "Darren Wilson". SANFL. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
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    "Darren Wilson". SANFL. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
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