Terry Wallace
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Terry Wallace | ||
| Nickname(s) | Plough | ||
| Date of birth | 13 December 1958 | ||
| Place of birth | Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Camberwell (VFA) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1978–1986 | Hawthorn | 174 (96) | |
| 1987 | Richmond | 11 (7) | |
| 1988–1991 | Footscray | 69 (20) | |
| Total | 254 (123) | ||
| Coaching career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 1996–2002 | Western Bulldogs | 148 (79–67–2) | |
| 2005–2009 | Richmond | 99 (37–60–2) | |
| Total | 247 (116–127–4) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1991.
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Terry Wallace (born 13 December 1958) is a former professional Australian rules football player and coach.
As a player, his career spanned three VFL/AFL clubs; most notably Hawthorn where he played in three premierships as well as achieving All-Australian selection honours on three separate occasions, two with Hawthorn and the other with Footscray Football Club, where he also earned two Best and Fairest awards.
As coach, he took the Western Bulldogs from 15th in 1996 to 3rd when he featured in the documentary Year of the Dogs a position in which the club held in 1997 and 1998 during which he was named coach of the All-Australian team. Wallace's coaching style is considered to be innovative and he is credited with having started the modern practice of sides warming up the side on the field before a match. However Wallace's coaching career at Richmond between 2005 and 2009 was not so successful, and he stepped down from coaching in June 2009.
Wallace 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 Hawthorn's 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.
In the middle of the 1996 AFL season he took over as the Western Bulldogs coach following the sacking of incumbent coach Alan Joyce. At the end of the 1996 season they finished 15th. In the 1997 season Wallace quickly rebuilt the side, finishing third at the end of the season. In the first qualifying final they defeated Sydney but then lost in the preliminary finals to Adelaide. In 1998 the Bulldogs finished second at the end of the season. In the qualifying finals they defeated the West Coast Eagles but lost in the preliminary finals to Adelaide for the second year in a row.
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