Career
He made five appearances that year. Shorten appeared in five senior games for Essendon, two of them finals, including their three-point preliminary final loss to Melbourne. He transferred to Cheltenham in 1927.
In 1930 he returned to the VFL as a boundary umpire and officiated in 12 games over two seasons.
From 1939 to 1949, he officiated in a further 144 games, as a goal umpire.
