| Brent Wallace | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Brent Wallace | ||
| Nickname(s) | Wally, Wal | ||
| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) | ||
| Other occupation | [1] | ||
| Umpiring career | |||
| Years | League | Role | Games |
| 2014– | AFL | Field umpire | 36 |
Brent Wallace is an Australian rules football umpire currently officiating in the Australian Football League.
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, or simply called Aussie rules, football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of eighteen players on an oval-shaped field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by kicking the oval-shaped ball between goal posts or between behind posts.
An umpire is an official in the sport of Australian rules football who adjudicates the game according to the "Laws Of The Game", the official handbook of Australian Rules Football.
The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional competition of Australian rules football in Australia. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body, and is responsible for controlling the laws of the game. The league was founded as the Victorian Football League (VFL) as a breakaway from the previous Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season commencing in 1897. Originally comprising only teams based in the Australian state of Victoria, the competition's name was changed to the Australian Football League for the 1990 season, after expanding to other states throughout the 1980s.
He played for the Box Hill Hawks in the Victorian Football League before joining the player-to-umpire pathway. Before umpiring in the AFL, he umpired in the 2014 VFL Grand Final. He joined the AFL rookie list in 2014, and the senior list in 2015. He made his debut in Round 11 of that year, in a match between St Kilda and Melbourne.
Box Hill Hawks Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing in the Victorian Football League. It has an alliance with the Hawthorn Football Club, which plays in the Australian Football League.
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is the major state-level Australian rules football league in Victoria. The league evolved from the former Victorian Football Association (VFA), and has been known by its current name since 1996. For historical purposes, the present VFL is sometimes referred to as the VFA/VFL, to distinguish it from the present day Australian Football League, which was known until 1990 as the Victorian Football League and is sometimes referred to as the VFL/AFL.
The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is an Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The club plays in the Australian Football League, the sport's premier league.
He is the son of former player and coach Terry Wallace.
Terry Wallace is a former professional Australian rules football player and coach.
