Ken Aplin
Kenneth Aplin was a leading Umpire (Australian [rules football)|field umpire] in the South [Australian National Football League] between 1939 and 1954.
Aplin umpired 291 SANFL matches, including 10 Grand Finals. He was the regular 'independent' umpire in the Western Australia [Australian rules football team|Western Australia] versus Victoria [Australian rules football team|Victoria] matches.
Aplin was the SANFL umpires' coach between 1955 and 1957 and umpired in the South [Australian Amateur Football League].
After retiring as an umpire, he was a football commentator on Adelaide radio for 18 years, and also a television football panellist.
Aplin was inducted in the Australian [Football Hall of Fame] in 1996.
On 16 January 2001, Aplin was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for service to the SANFL and Australian Football in South Australia.