17 Facts About Terry Wallace

Terry Wallace was born on 13 December 1958 and is a former professional Australian rules football player and coach.

Terry Wallace achieved one All-Australian selection when representing the VFA at the 1988 National Carnival.

However Terry Wallace's coaching career at Richmond between 2005 and 2009 was not so successful, and he stepped down from coaching in June 2009.

Terry Wallace was a centreman for Hawthorn Football Club from 1978 until 1986, where he played a total number of 174 games for the club and kicked a total of 96 goals.

In 1983, Terry Wallace was member of the Hawthorn premiership side.

Terry Wallace played in one further premiership side at Hawthorn in 1986.

Terry Wallace eventually ended the year prematurely with a back injury.

Terry Wallace finished his playing career with four seasons at Footscray from 1988 until 1991 for a total of 69 games and kicked 20 goals, which yielded back to back Charles Sutton Medals in 1988 and 1989.

In 1998, the Bulldogs under Terry Wallace finished second at the end of the season.

Terry Wallace resigned as Bulldogs senior coach at the end of the 2002 season with one match left to go.

Terry Wallace was linked to the Sydney Swans job in mid-2002 when Rodney Eade was sacked following a narrow round 12 loss to Geelong.

Richmond under Terry Wallace won only three games to finish sixteenth in last position on the ladder for the wooden spoon position at the end of the 2007 season.

The appointment of Kevin Sheedy to a marketing role at Richmond following Sheedy's departure as Essendon Football club senior coach resulted in more pressure on Terry Wallace to deliver the Tigers a much overdue finals appearance in 2009.

At the start of the 2009 season, Terry Wallace was still under pressure after Richmond's 83-point loss against Carlton in Round 1 and further losses to Geelong, the Western Bulldogs and cellar-dwellers Melbourne.

However later in the 2009 season, Richmond under Terry Wallace kept struggling and sat fifteenth position on the ladder after Round 10,2009 with two wins and eight losses.

Terry Wallace then announced his resignation as senior coach of Richmond Football Club on 1 June 2009, but would coach one more game.

Public scrutiny aimed towards Terry Wallace is a main factor contributing to his resignation.