Stephen Wallis

For those of a similar name, see Steve Wallace (disambiguation).

Stephen Wallis
Personal information
Date of birth	(1964-10-27) 27 October 1964
Original team(s)	Leongatha
Debut	Round 1, 1983 VFL season, Footscray v. Geelong
Height/Weight	180 cm / 83 kg
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1983–1996	Footscray	261 (57)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1996 season.
Career highlights
Footscray captain 1989 Victorian State Representative 1985, 1991 (3 games)

Stephen "Wally" Wallis (born 27 October 1964) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League (formerly the VFL).

Originally from Leongatha, Victoria, Wallis arrived at the Footscray Football Club in 1982 and suffered an injury in a reserves game which kept him out for the rest of the season. He made his senior VFL debut in 1983 and became a solid defender and occasional midfielder.

In 1989, Wallis was appointed captain of the Bulldogs, and became a representative of Victoria in State of Origin. Midway through 1991 he suffered a broken wrist, forcing him to miss the rest of the season, but returned in 1992 to help the Bulldogs to the finals. However, injury struck again early in the following year when he badly injured his knee.

In 1996, Wallis announced his retirement and played his last game with in a three-point loss to Essendon (which was documented in the film Year of the Dogs).

He holds the record for Footscray's most consecutive games from debut.

He has a son Mitch Wallis who played for the Calder Cannons in 2009 and 2010 and was best on ground in the TAC Cup Grand Final. Mitchell was drafted under the Father son rule in the 2010 AFL Draft.

Steve now works for Premium Credit Limited.

Statistics

Season	Team	#	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
			Totals								Averages (per game)
1983	Footscray	24	22	7	13	287	226	513	102	N/A	0.3	0.6	13.0	10.3	23.3	4.6	N/A
1984	Footscray	24	22	7	12	292	160	452	76	N/A	0.3	0.5	13.3	7.3	20.5	3.5	N/A
1985	Footscray	24	25	6	10	464	158	622	178	N/A	0.2	0.4	18.6	6.3	24.9	7.1	N/A
1986	Footscray	24	22	6	6	325	142	467	112	N/A	0.3	0.3	14.8	6.5	21.2	5.1	N/A
1987	Footscray	24	22	3	6	329	145	474	68	46	0.1	0.3	15.0	6.6	21.5	3.1	2.1
1988	Footscray	24	13	7	1	156	121	277	36	19	0.5	0.1	12.0	9.3	21.3	2.8	1.5
1989	Footscray	24	22	3	1	247	181	428	80	33	0.1	0.0	11.2	8.2	19.5	3.6	1.5
1990	Footscray	24	19	1	1	216	186	402	73	24	0.1	0.1	11.4	9.8	21.2	3.8	1.3
1991	Footscray	24	10	0	1	106	90	196	40	19	0.0	0.1	10.6	9.0	19.6	4.0	1.9
1992	Footscray	24	24	12	1	343	185	528	112	43	0.5	0.0	14.3	7.7	22.0	4.7	1.8
1993	Footscray	24	4	0	0	50	30	80	22	7	0.0	0.0	12.5	7.5	20.0	5.5	1.8
1994	Footscray	24	23	3	1	245	125	370	83	34	0.1	0.0	10.7	5.4	16.1	3.6	1.5
1995	Footscray	24	12	2	0	115	60	175	43	18	0.2	0.0	9.6	5.0	14.6	3.6	1.5
1996	Footscray	24	21	0	1	224	117	341	76	22	0.0	0.0	10.7	5.6	16.2	3.6	1.0
Career			261	57	54	3399	1926	5325	1101	265	0.2	0.2	13.0	7.4	20.4	4.2	1.6

External links

• Stephen Wallis's statistics from AFL Tables

Preceded by Rick Kennedy

Footscray Football Club captain 1989

Succeeded by Doug Hawkins