| Robert Walls | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Robert Walls | ||
| Nickname(s) | Wallsy[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 21 July 1950 | ||
| Place of birth | Dunolly, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Coburg Amateurs | ||
| Height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Weight | 89 kg (196 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre half-forward | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1967–1978 | Carlton | 218 (367) | |
| 1978–1980 | Fitzroy | 41 (77) | |
| Total | 259 (444) | ||
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| Victoria | 4 (?) | ||
| Coaching career3 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 1981–1985 | Fitzroy | 115 (60–54–1) | |
| 1986–1989 | Carlton | 84 (55–29–0) | |
| 1991–1995 | Brisbane Bears | 109 (30–78–1) | |
| 1996–1997 | Richmond | 39 (17–22–0) | |
| 1999 | Victoria | 1 (1–0–0) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1980. 3 Coaching statistics correct as of 1997. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Robert Walls (born 21 July 1950) is a former 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 Robert 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. Walls was also a grade 6 teacher at Park Orchards Primary School at the time that he was head coach at Fitzroy.