Darren Wilson (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
  1. "Umpire Profiles - Darren Wilson". Australian Football League Umpires Association. Archived from the original on 12 September 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
  2. Watson, Callie (15 July 2007). "AFL umpire is game". The Advertiser. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
  3. "Darren Wilson". SANFL. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  4. "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.
  5. "Boundary Umpire". Stateline South Australia. Adelaide. 26 September 2008. ABC Television. yes.
  6. "Weekly Update". Whatsyourdecision.com.au. 25 September 2009. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
  7. "Darren Wilson". SANFL. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  8. "Darren Wilson". SANFL. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  9. "Darren Wilson". SANFL. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
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