Gary Wallis (born 12 July 1946) is a former

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er who played with and in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1960s. Wallis was captain of the Collingwood Under-19s team which won a premiership in 1965. The following season he was a regular in the seniors and played 17 games of a possible 20 games.AFL Tables: Gary Wallis
/ref> Wallis, who kicked 27 goals that year, was a member of the Collingwood side which lost the

1966 VFL Grand Final The 1966 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and St Kilda Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 24 September 1966. It was the 69th annual grand final ...

. A rover, he was let go by Collingwood during the

1968 VFL season The 1968 VFL season was the 72nd season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 15 April until 28 September, and comprised a 2 ...

and finished the year at St Kilda. Wallis transferred to South Australian National Football League (SANFL) club West Adelaide in 1969, winning the club's Best & Fairest award in his first season with them and won the award for a second time in 1973. His father,

Tom Wallis Thomas W. Wallis (4 July 1920 – 26 November 2001) was an Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two te ...

, had played at Collingwood in the 1940s.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wallis, Gary 1946 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Collingwood Football Club players St Kilda Football Club players West Adelaide Football Club players Lalor Football Club players Living people