Jeff Dalgleish

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Jeff Dalgleish
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Dalgleish in April 2018
Personal information
Full name Jeff Dalgleish
Umpiring career
YearsLeagueRole
2009–present AFL Field umpire
Career highlights

AFL Debut 2009
Grand Final 2015

Jeff Dalgleish is an Australian rules football field umpire in the Australian Football League.

Based in Western Australia, Dalgleish began umpiring in 1999 in the East Fremantle Juniors and the Western Australian Amateur Football League. He progressed to professional football, making his WAFL umpiring debut in 2003 [1] and his Australian Football League debut in 2009. [2]

Dalgleish rose to become one of the league's best umpires in the mid-2010s, and was selected to umpire in his first Grand Final in 2015. [3]

Dalgleish's brother Brett also umpires in the AFL as a boundary umpire. [4]

Footnotes

  1. "Umpire profiles". Australian Football League. Archived from the original on 6 November 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  2. "Jeff Dalgleish – AFL Field Umpire". Australian Football League Umpires Association. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  3. "WA debutant named to umpire Grand Final". AFL.com.au. 29 September 2015.
  4. Julia Gauci (23 September 2015). "Brothers Dalgleish achieve a footy first". Australian Football League Umpires Association. Retrieved 2 October 2015.

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