Brett Allen is a retired Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

 field umpire in the Australian Football League

Australian Football League

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. He umpired 346 career games in the AFL since his debut in 1992.

A veteran of the AFL umpiring list, Allen was involved in the "Whispers in the Sky

Whispers in the Sky

"Whispers in the Sky" refers to an Australian rules football controversy in 2005.The controversy centred around an Australian Football League match in Round 21 on 19 August 2005 between Fremantle and St Kilda....

" controversy. Although not accused of doing anything improper, he was the second umpire, along with Matthew Head

Matthew Head

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, on the flight. He defended Head, saying "Head had made no such comment". Two police officers were appointed to investigate the alleged comments by the umpires, however found nothing regarding the accused bribery.

He is fifth on the AFL Umpiring all-time records for the number of finals games officiated with 33; one behind fellow 2006-listed umpire Darren Goldspink

Darren Goldspink

Darren Goldspink is a veteran Australian rules football umpire in the Australian Football League.Goldspink was awarded the prestigious All Australian Umpire award three times over his career in 1993, 1995 and 2005, earning himself an AFL Grand Final appointment on each occasion...

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He has also won the All Australian Umpire of the year 4 times over his AFL career in 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2006.

He announced his retirement on 5 September 2007 citing the increase in interstate travel and training required to umpire at the highest level.

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