Australian Football

Brian Fallis was a three-time Kedron best and fairest winner who with Harry O’Callaghan holds the distinction of umpiring and playing in grand finals as well as representing Queensland. He was a member of the Redlegs 1959 premiership team and finished third in the Grogan Medal the same year, but tasted grand final defeat in 1955 and 1958. He represented Queensland at the Centenary Championships in Melbourne in 1958. 

Fallis commenced umpiring in 1968 and worked his way towards officiating back-to-back QAFL grand finals in 1974 and 1975 in an era when Tom McArthur was difficult to dislodge from the mantle of Queensland’s best umpire. He subsequently spent time coaching and conditioning umpires after he hung up the whistle at the end of 1976.

Author - Murray Bird and Peter Blucher