Troy Pannell is a former

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 who officiated in the

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(AFL). In a career which began in 2005 and ended in 2018, he umpired 219 games in the AFL. In 2004, before officiating at the top level, he was awarded the Golden Whistle by the New South Wales Australian Football Umpires Association. In 2012, Pannell was appointed to his first final, the Elimination Final between

Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung language, Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in Victoria, Australia, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River (Victo ...

and

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at the

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. He umpired his 150th game during the 2014 AFL finals series, a Preliminary Final between

Sydney Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ...

and

North Melbourne North Melbourne is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Melbourne central business district, Central Business District, located within the City of Melbourne Local government ar ...

. In 2014, Pannell was knocked out while umpiring a game between Sydney and

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after clashing heads with Sydney player

Nick Malceski Nick Malceski (born 15 August 1984) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans and Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A running defender, he was part of the Sydney line-u ...

. Fans were criticised for booing Pannell as he was taken off the ground for treatment. He retired from the AFL panel at the end of the 2018 season. In May 2025, it was reported that Pannell was wanted by a Victorian court over allegations that he masterminded a scheme to defraud the shipping company SeaRoad out of $8.7 million by generating fake invoices for repairs on shipping containers which were never performed.

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