Terry Wallace
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| Full name | Terry Wallace | |||||||
| Date of Birth | December 13, 1958 | |||||||
| Place of Birth | Victoria | |||||||
| Recruited from | Camberwell (VFA) | |||||||
| Draft | Undrafted | |||||||
| Position | Midfielder | |||||||
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| Current club | Retired | |||||||
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| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | ||||||
| 1978-1986 1987 1988-1991 Total |
Hawthorn Richmond Footscray |
174 (96) 11 (7) 69 (20) 250 (123) |
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| Years | Club | Games (Wins) | ||||||
| 1996-2002 2005- |
 Western Bulldogs Richmond |
148 (79) 74 (26) |
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| ¹ Club statistics to end of Round 8, 2008 season | ||||||||
² Representative statistics to end of {{{repstatsend}}}
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Terry Wallace (born December 13, 1958) was an Australian rules football centre position player who started at Hawthorn, played briefly at Richmond and finally at Footscray.
As coach, he took the Western Bulldogs from 15th in 1996 to 3rd in 1997 and 1998. Wallace employed a number of novel ideas as coach including warming up the side on the field before the match.
Wallace was linked to the Sydney Swans job in mid-2002 when Rodney Eade was sacked following a narrow round 12 loss to Geelong. But during an interview in late 2002 Wallace was not given the Swans job and it went to then-interim coach Paul Roos by order from fans. Wallace had already resigned as coach of the Bulldogs. However, it was rumoured he had been given a verbal notification that the Swans would put him on as coach for season 2003.
During the period Wallace didn't coach, he became a prominent media personality with roles on the defunct Fox Footy channel, and columns in Melbourne newspaper the Herald Sun (he still maintains this commitment).
In August 2004, he was appointed Senior Coach of Richmond for the next five seasons from 2005, replacing Danny Frawley.
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[edit] Playing career
Wallce was Hawthorn's centreman from the late 1970s through the 1980s. Recruited from VFA club Camberwell, he was a member of Hawthorn's 1978 premiership side in what was his debut season. Nicknamed 'Plough' for his knack of crashing through packs, Wallace was a Best and fairest winner in 1981 and 1983, the latter in another premiership year. He played in one further premiership side at Hawthorn, in 1986. Often polling well in the Brownlow Medal counts, Wallace finished equal third in 1982 and equal sixth in 1983.
After a contractual dispute with Hawthorn Wallace received a clearance to Richmond but struggled in his only season with the club, eventually ending the year prematurely with a back injury. He finished his playing career with four seasons at Footscray which yielded back to back Charles Sutton Medals in 1988 and 1989.
[edit] Coaching career
[edit] Western Bulldogs
In the middle of the 1996 season he took over as Western Bulldogs coach following the sacking of incumbent coach Allan Joyce with bulldogs struggling. at the end of the 1996 season they finished 15th. In the 1997 season wallace quickly rebuilded the side finishing 3rd at the end of the season. in the first qualifying finals they defeated sydney but however they lost in the preliminary finals to adelaide. in 1998 bulldogs finished 2nd at the end of the season where in the qualyfying finals they defeated west coast but lost in the preliminary finals to adelaide again for the second year in a row. In the 1999 season they finished 4th at the end of the season but in the qualifying finals they lost to west coast then in the semi finals they lost to Brisbane lions. In the 2000 season bulldogs finished 7th but in the elimation final they were eliminated by Brisbane Lions. in the 2000 season they were the only team to beat essenden for the year. in the 2001 season they struggled and finished 10th. in the 2002 season they kept on struggling. Wallace resigned as bulldogs coach at the end of the 2002 season with one match left to go which Peter Rohde coached and was employed full time.
[edit] Richmond
In August 2004, he was appointed Senior Coach of Richmond for the next five seasons from 2005, replacing Danny Frawley.
[edit] 2005 Season
His First year at Ricmond was unsuccessful where they finished 12th at the end of the 2005 season.
[edit] 2006 Season
The Tigers had a terrible start to 2006, and were written off early in the season with three straight crushing defeats, placing them at the bottom of the ladder. But Wallace turned the team around surprisingly, winning five out of the next seven games, including a win against the Adelaide Crows, who were on top of the AFL ladder at the time. but he didn't to enough to make the finals with them just missing out finishing 9th at the end of the 2006 season.
Many people claim was the worst football game ever with it been likened to a 90 minute keep away. Wallace instructed his 10th placed Tigers to retain possession of the ball at all times, racking up a record high 183 uncontested marks in the game.
[edit] 2007 Season
The 2007 AFL Season proved to be Wallace's worst at any club. His side failed to eventuate pre season expectation of a top 8 finish, as his side finished 16th (last) for the wooden spoon.
However the final position was deceptive, as the Tigers lost the first 5 games of the season all under 25 points, and maintained leads in many of those games going into the final quarter.
However in round 6 the Tigers were thumped by eventual premiers Geelong at the Telstra Dome by a record margin of 157 points. This subsequently led to Board and Management formally apologize to fans at Wallace's 'Tuesday's with Terry' press conference.
Wallace unfortunately is now under serious pressure - considering he took the reigns of a last placed (wooden spoon) side and coached them to another last place in the third year of his "5 year plan".
[edit] 2008 Season
The 2008 season has been dubbed as a vital year for Wallace in relation to his future at the Club. Hot Prospect Brett Deledio recently said that the Club had to make the top 8 at all costs in order to repay faith shown by supporters.
Wallace though proved active during trade week and Drafts maintaining the club's youth policy. This was different in previous years where Wallace had recruited older players such as Kent Kingsley.
[edit] 2007 Trade week
[edit] 2007 National draft
- Pick 2 Trent Cotchin
- Pick 18(Priority) Alex Rance
- Pick 51 Dean Putt
[edit] 2007 Rookie Draft
- Pick 1 Clayton Collard
- Pick 17 Jarrod Silvester
- Pick 33 Tristan Cartledge
- Pick 47 Cameron Howat
[edit] 2007 Pre Season Draft
- Pick 1 David Gourdis
[edit] References
- Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old , Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996
- Holmesby, Russel and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
| Preceded by Alan Joyce |
Western Bulldogs Coach 1996-2002 |
Succeeded by Peter Rohde |
| Preceded by Danny Frawley |
Richmond Football Club Coach 2005- |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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