Gary Wallis | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Gary Thomas Wallis | ||
Date of birth | 12 July 1946 | ||
Original team | Lalor | ||
Height/Weight | 174 cm / 70 kg | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1966-1968 1968 Total - |
Collingwood St Kilda |
33 (34) 3 (4) 36 (38) |
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1 Playing statistics to end of 1966 season .
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Gary Wallis (born 12 July 1946) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1960s.
Wallis was captain of the Collingwood Under-19s team which won a premiership in 1965. The following season he was a regular in the seniors and played 17 games of a possible 20 games.[1] Wallis, who kicked 27 goals that year, was a member of the Collingwood side which lost the 1966 VFL Grand Final.[1]
A rover, he was let go by Collingwood during the 1968 season and finished the year at St Kilda.
He won a "Best and Fairest" award with West Adelaide in 1969, his first SANFL season.[2]
His father, Tom Wallis, had played at Collingwood in the 1940s.[3]