‘You can’t be what you can’t see’: Why Eleni wants more women in sport

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‘You can’t be what you can’t see’: Why Eleni wants more women in sport

Eleni Tee didn’t just break barriers in footy – she blew them apart, one whistle blast at a time. Now, the AFL’s first female field umpire is calling on South Australians to nominate other champions of women’s sport. When Adelaide’s Eleni Tee picked up an umpire’s whistle in 2006 and ran onto the footy field, she had no idea it would be the start of a ground-breaking career.  “I was the only girl out there,” Eleni recalls of her early years umpi…