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A second base umpire at a baseball game. In baseball and softball, there is commonly a head umpire (also known as a plate umpire) who is in charge of calling balls and strikes from behind the plate, who is assisted by one, two, three, or five field umpires who make calls on their specific bases (or with five umpires the bases and the outfield).
As an umpire, James faced abuse from spectators on the basis of his racial background. [7] In 1978, as a result of the nature of the abuse of James, lawyer Greg Lyons studied the legality of this abuse. [8] In 1985, James was President of the Victorian Football League Umpires Association. [9]
Although assistants are not required under the Laws, at most organised levels of football the match officiating crew consists of the referee and at least two assistant referees. The responsibilities of the various assistant referees are listed in Law 6, "The Other Match Officials". In the current Laws the term "assistant referee" technically ...
The All-Australian umpires, similar to the All-Australian team, are a panel of Australian rules football umpires named as the best performing at the conclusion of the regular season each year. [1] Teams are named for both the Australian Football League and the AFL Women's (AFLW), and are selected by the leagues' umpiring coaches. [ 2 ]
Rowan Sawers [1] OAM (born 19 October 1954) is a former Australian rules football field umpire and umpire coach in the Australian Football League (AFL).. Over a career that spanned 21 seasons at the highest level, Sawers became the first field umpire to reach the 400-game milestone at senior VFL/AFL level, eventually retiring after 410 games, which included four VFL/AFL Grand finals and 31 ...
A pair of officials at a Maryland high school football game in September 2008. White knickers used to be worn by officials; black trousers are now standard.. For ease of recognition, officials are usually clad in a black-and-white vertically striped shirt and black trousers with a thin white stripe down the side (this was formerly white knickers with black/white striped stirrup stockings or ...
An official ended up with a gash below his eye after a scuffle late in East Carolina’s Military Bowl win over NC State.. The official got hit in the face by a player’s helmet as members of ...
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. Umpiring the game of AFL across all leagues (professional, amateur or juniors) has been subject to long history of abuse, which in more recent times the AFL has ...