Christopher Donlon is an
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...
field umpire currently officiating in the
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional sports, professional competition of Australian rules football. It was originally named the Victorian Football League (VFL) and was founded in 1896 as a breakaway competition ...
. He has umpired 426 career games in the AFL.
Donlon umpired in the
2011 AFL Grand Final
The 2011 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and the Geelong Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 1 October 2011. It was the 116th annual AFL Grand Final, grand ...
.
During
extra time
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of a
2017 final between the
Port Adelaide
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and the
West Coast Eagles
The West Coast Eagles are a professional Australian rules football club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and first competed in 1987 as one of two expansion teams in the Australian Football League (AFL), then known ...
, Donlon awarded a controversial free kick to West Coast player
Luke Shuey for high contact.
Shuey went on to kick the winning goal
after the siren. The AFL later clarified they believed it was the correct decision.
Footnotes
External links
Chris Donlon at AFL Tables
Australian Football League umpires
Living people
1977 births
Place of birth missing (living people)
20th-century Australian sportsmen
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