Denis Rich

Denis Rich AFSM (born 26 October 1954) is a former Australian rules football field umpire in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Denis Rich
Personal information
Date of birth	(1954-10-26) 26 October 1954 (age 70)
Debut	Round 1, 1982, Richmond vs. North Melbourne, at MCG
Other occupation	Firefighter
Umpiring career
Years	League	Role	Games
1982–1997	Australian Football League (AFL)	field	251
Career highlights
3× AFL Grand Final umpire: (1990, 1992, 1994) 3× Bishop Shield: (1989, 1992, 1995) AFL Umpires Association Hall of Fame, inducted 2008

Recruited from the West Suburban Football League, Rich made his senior VFL umpiring debut in Round 1 of the 1982 VFL season at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in the game between Richmond and North Melbourne. His colleague that day was Ian Robinson. Rich went on to co-officiate in 251 senior VFL/AFL games, including three Grand Finals - in 1990, 1992 and 1994.

Besides umpiring football at the highest level, Rich also served a long career with the Metropolitan Fire Service (MFS).^[1] In 2006 it was reported that Rich was going to Antarctica to take up the position of Station Leader at Casey Station.^[1]