On the eve of his historical achievement, Darrel Luck has kindly offered his thoughts on what has been a magnificent umpiring career. The Stat Man caught up with Darrel during the week.
Name - Darrel Luck
Nicknames - Plucka
Occupations - Teacher
AFL club supported - Essendon: Don the Sash
Umpiring discipline - Field. But have been known to dabble in the dark art of goal umpiring.
When did you start umpiring - 1993
What made you give umpiring a go - injured my knee playing footy so I gave umpiring a go What do you enjoy most about umpiring - the people I get the opportunity to train and umpire with each week.
Highlights of your umpiring career so far - hard to pick a standout and every game brings a learning experience. Everyone would say the highlight will be a grand final, that’s true every grand final is a major milestone and achievement. But for me every game has a highlight with the people you run with and the game you umpire.
Funniest things that have happened - Two funny moments - Olds Park in SFL, one of my fellow umpires was practicing his bouncing and put the ball on the roof of the change rooms just before it was time to walk. The other was the 2006 BDAFL grand final at Lake No. 1 sportsground and Grant Godfrey trying to find real estate that wasn’t three inches under water for a ball up.
Best umpire you've umpired with - A tough question. I’ve umpired with so many brilliant umpire who each bring something different o our game on and of the field.
Funniest umpire you've run with - hard to pick one standout umpire as most of the guys bring a little humour to the change rooms such as Kevin Meade, Juddy, Boof, Besty, Blind guy, wristbands (RS) and the list goes on
Umpired previously before the NCCUA - Sydney Football League and Central Coast AFL
Pre game rituals superstitions - try not to leave any of my umpiring stuff at home / find an end zone at the start of the game to ease myself into the game (if you’re not in control you can’t make a mistake)
Favourite music - rock/pop
Favourite food drink - steak or ribs and as Juddy would say a beer for post match rehydration
Favourite TV show movie - anything that is funny and makes me laugh
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