Robert John Wiley was born on 24 March 1955 and is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Perth Football Club in the West Australian Football League and for the Richmond Football Club and West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League.
15 Facts About Robert Wiley
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An inaugural member of the West Australian Football Hall of Fame, Wiley is regarded as one of the finest rovers of his era.
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Robert Wiley later coached Perth and East Fremantle, and was an assistant coach at West Coast.
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Robert Wiley won the Butcher Medal as Perth's best and fairest in his first season.
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Robert Wiley was a member of premiership sides in 1976 and 1977, and in that latter season kicked over eighty goals despite missing nine weeks through injury before the Grand Final.
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Remarkably for a rover, Robert Wiley twice kicked ten goals in a match in 1977, including st West Perth where he had forty-two possessions for ten goals and four behinds.
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An exceptionally pacy rover, Robert Wiley played with Perth before and after his VFL stint and won a club record eight best and fairest awards in total.
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Robert Wiley finished with 174 senior games and coached the club in 1988 and 1989.
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In 2015, Robert Wiley was inducted into the Perth Hall of Fame, as one of its four inaugural members of its elite 'Mighty Demons' category.
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Robert Wiley kicked forty goals in 1982 and left the club the following season, returning to Western Australia where in 1987 he would return to the VFL for a season with the newly formed West Coast.
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In 2021, Robert Wiley was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame and was inducted by former teammate and close friend Mick Malthouse.
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Robert Wiley later was the last State of Origin coach for Western Australian in 1998.
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Robert Wiley was for many years an assistant coach with former club West Coast, being a runner for the clubs first two premierships in 1992 and 1994 under his 1980 Richmond premiership teammate Mick Malthouse, he was an assistant to John Worsfold in the 2006 premiership win.
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Robert Wiley was appointed to the role of director development and coaching.
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In 2021, Robert Wiley returned to West Coast as its WAFL team coach from the 2022 season, he is the Eagles number 1 ticket holder for the 2021 and 2022 AFL seasons.