Claim: Frank Vergona, a former Australian rules football umpire, achieved fame for his bold personality on the field when working for the Victorian Football Association.
Evidence: Frank Vergona is a former Australian rules football field umpire, most notable for his career in the Victorian Football Association in the 1970s and 1980s. Easily recognisable due to his short height and tight shorts and noted for his bold umpiring personality, by the end of the 1970s Vergona had become a popular cult figure in the VFA; and he is often considered alongside many of the VFA's great players as one of the personalities synonymous with the popular and marketable era enjoyed by the VFA during the 1970s. The Victorian Football League (VFL) is the major state-level Australian rules football league in Victoria and, starting from 2021, New South Wales and Queensland.