Phil Walsh (Australian footballer)

Phil Walsh
Personal information
Full name	Phillip Walsh
Date of birth	(1960-03-15)15 March 1960
Place of birth	Hamilton, Victoria, Australia[1]
Date of death	3 July 2015(2015-07-03) (aged 55)
Place of death	Somerton Park, South Australia, Australia
Original team(s)	Hamilton
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Playing career
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1983	Collingwood	022 0(9)
1984–1986	Richmond	040 (14)
1987–1990	Brisbane Bears	060 (18)
Total		122 (41)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
2001	Port Adelaide	1 (1–0–0)
2015	Adelaide	12 (7–5–0)
Career highlights
Brisbane Bears Club Champion: 1987 AFL Coaches Association Assistant Coach of the Year award: 2004
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Phillip Walsh (15 March 1960 – 3 July 2015) was an Australian rules footballer and coach. Walsh played for Collingwood, Richmond and the Brisbane Bears in the Victorian Football League (VFL) between 1983 and 1990. Upon ending his playing career, Walsh held assistant coaching roles at Geelong, West Coast and Port Adelaide before being appointed as the senior coach of the Adelaide Football Club for a three-season contract beginning in 2015.

On 3 July 2015, Walsh was found dead at the age of 55 in his Somerton Park home with multiple stab wounds. His son Cy was charged with his murder, and he was later found not guilty due to mental incompetence.