About Robert Walls
Robert Walls (21 July 1950 – 15 May 2025) was an Australian rules footballer who represented Carlton and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1960s and 1970s. In a playing career that spanned three decades, Walls played a combined 259 games and kicked a total of 444 goals. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, he continued to coach in the VFL/AFL for a total of 347 games across four different clubs. As a coach, his greatest achievement came in 1987 when he coached Carlton to the 1987 VFL premiership, the same club he won premierships with as player in 1968, 1970 and 1972. After his coaching career ended, Walls became involved in the AFL media as a commentator and columnist. He went on to play 14 games in his first season at Fitzroy, kicking 24 goals. As the Norm Smith Medal was not awarded until the 1979 VFL Grand Final, Walls was not awarded the medal.
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