Nickname: Bill

Occupation/Education: Service Technician

Family: 3 kids and 5 grandkids

Umpiring Discipline: Goal

Years Umpiring and how old were you when you started: 20 years and 35 when started

Reason for umpiring: following kids around

Highlight of umpiring career to date: 1st senior grand final

Umpiring goal for next season: to do the best I can

Who had the most influence on your umpiring career and why: Bob Croxford got me started and I really enjoyed his coaching style

Most embarrassing moment on a footy field: marking the ball in a second semi final

What training drill do you dread the most: all of them

What is your prematch routine: arrive at the ground at least an hour early, have coffee and something to munch on then get changed at halftime in the previous game and make sure I am out of everyone’s way and not be rushed

What is your favourite RDFL ground: one with 4 posts at each end

Which umpire is:

Smartest: Rath

Most Annoying: Semmo (take your pick)

Funniest: Chicken man

Most Talented: Rath

Coaches Pet: B Mitchell

If umpire training was the TV show survivor, who would be voted off first and who would win: Semmo (take your pick). Rath for the win

Hobbies aside from umpiring: Family

AFL team: St Kilda

If you could invite any 5 people around for dinner, who would it be: Morgan Freeman, Denzel Washington, Nelson Mandela, Meg Ryan and Barrack Obama

Which Hollywood actor would play you if they made a movie about you: Bart Simpson

I enjoy being a part of the Riddell umpires because: 

you make a lot of friends, best place to watch a game of footy from