Dean Wallis (born 27 August 1969) is a former Australian rules footballer for the Essendon Football Club of the AFL.
| Dean Wallis | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Dean Wallis | ||
| Date of birth | 27 August 1969 | ||
| Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Weight | 91 kg (201 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1987–2001 | Essendon | 127 (42) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2001. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Originally from Nhill, due to his physical style of play Wallis became known as one of the AFL's toughest players. He won premierships with the club in 1993 and 2000, and played 127 VFL/AFL games in his 14 seasons with the Bombers.
After retiring as a player, he became an assistant coach. In 2002 and 2003, Wallis was an assistant coach to Grant Thomas at St.Kilda before again returning to Windy Hill to take up an assistant coaching role. He left the club after Matthew Knights was appointed as senior coach in 2008,[1] and he moved to the Fremantle Football Club as an assistant coach. At the conclusion of the 2010 AFL season, he returned to Essendon as a development coach, following Knights' replacement as senior coach by James Hird.[2]
In 2011, Wallis was suspended from coaching for 14 games and fined $7500 by the AFL for betting on league games in violation of anti-gambling rules.[3] In 2015, Dean took up the senior coaching role of Essendon Doutta Stars in the EDFL and was a premiership coach in his first year at the helm. In 2016, Wallis continued as senior coach at Essendon Doutta Stars.
His son, Tom, was drafted by Essendon in the 2016 rookie draft under the father–son rule.[4]
Playing statistics
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| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||
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| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | ||||
| 1987 | Essendon | 21 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 76 | 38 | 114 | 21 | 31 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 6.9 | 3.5 | 10.4 | 1.9 | 2.8 |
| 1988 | Essendon | 21 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 81 | 30 | 111 | 29 | 23 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 6.2 | 2.3 | 8.5 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
| 1989 | Essendon | 21 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 67 | 38 | 105 | 27 | 14 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 7.4 | 4.2 | 11.7 | 3.0 | 1.6 |
| 1990 | Essendon | 21 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1991 | Essendon | 21 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 33 | 75 | 14 | 15 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 6.0 | 4.7 | 10.7 | 2.0 | 2.1 |
| 1992 | Essendon | 21 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 78 | 34 | 112 | 48 | 20 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 6.5 | 2.8 | 9.3 | 4.0 | 1.7 |
| 1993† | Essendon | 21 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 45 | 21 | 66 | 27 | 8 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 5.6 | 2.6 | 8.3 | 3.4 | 1.0 |
| 1994 | Essendon | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| 1995 | Essendon | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 1996 | Essendon | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 55 | 46 | 101 | 33 | 25 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 8.4 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| 1997 | Essendon | 21 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 26 | 89 | 27 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 5.7 | 2.4 | 8.1 | 2.5 | 0.6 |
| 1998 | Essendon | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 1999 | Essendon | 21 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 119 | 78 | 197 | 52 | 34 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 5.2 | 3.4 | 8.6 | 2.3 | 1.5 |
| 2000† | Essendon | 21 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 79 | 57 | 136 | 54 | 18 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 8.5 | 3.4 | 1.1 |
| 2001 | Essendon | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Career | 127 | 42 | 38 | 716 | 405 | 1121 | 336 | 198 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 5.6 | 3.2 | 8.8 | 2.6 | 1.6 | ||
References
edit- ^ Matthews, B. (4 October 2007). "Knights cleans out assistants Gary Ayres, Dean Wallis". Herald Sun. Retrieved 23 August 2008.
- ^ "Wallis appointed as Development Coach". Official AFL Website of the Essendon Football Club. 27 October 2010. Archived from the original on 8 January 2011. Retrieved 2011-01-17.
- ^ Sydney Morning Herald (2011). Bets, lies cost Wallis 14 weeks. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
- ^ Michell, Tim (27 November 2015). "Calder Cannons midfielder Tom Wallis heads to Essendon as father-son rookie pick". Moreland Leader.
- ^ Dean Wallis' player profile at AFL Tables
External links
edit- Dean Wallis's playing statistics from AFL Tables