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Australian rules footballer (born 1955) For the American politician, see Robert W. Wiley.

Australian rules footballer

Robert Wiley
Personal information
Full name	Robert John Wiley
Date of birth	(1955-03-24) 24 March 1955 (age 69)
Place of birth	Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Original team(s)	Manning JFC / Scotch College
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Position(s)	Rover
Playing career
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1974–78, 1984–88	Perth	174 (407)
1979–1983	Richmond	095 (127)
1987	West Coast	018 0(24)
Total		287 (558)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
1974–1986	Western Australia	14 (27)
	Victoria	2
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1988–89	Perth	42 (20–22–0)
1998	Western Australia	1 (0–1–0)
2016–2018	East Fremantle	58 (14–44–0)
Playing statistics correct to the end of 1989. Coaching statistics correct as of 2018.
Career highlights
VFL Premiership player: (1980) 2× WANFL Premiership player: (1976, 1977) 8× Perth best and fairest: (1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1984, 1985, 1986) 2× Perth leading goalkicker: (1976, 1977) Perth captain: (1985–1986) All-Australian team: 1986 West Australian Football Hall of Fame, inducted 2004 Australian Football Hall of Fame, inducted 2021
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Robert John Wiley (born 24 March 1955) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Perth Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and for the Richmond Football Club and West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

An inaugural member of the West Australian Football Hall of Fame, Wiley is regarded as one of the finest rovers of his era. He later coached Perth and East Fremantle, and was an assistant coach at West Coast.

Career

Born in Kalgoorlie, and educated at Scotch College, Wiley was zoned to Perth in the WANFL, making his debut for them in 1974 at the age of 19. He won the Butcher Medal as Perth's best and fairest in his first season. He 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. Remarkably for a rover, Wiley twice kicked ten goals in a match in 1977, including once against West Perth where he had forty-two possessions for ten goals and four behinds. An exceptionally pacy rover, Wiley played with Perth before and after his VFL stint and won a club record eight best and fairest awards in total. He finished with 174 senior games and coached the club in 1988 and 1989. In 2015, Wiley was inducted into the Perth Hall of Fame, as one of its four inaugural members of its elite 'Mighty Demons' category.

Richmond had recruited Wiley in 1979 and he played in their 1980 VFL Grand Final winning side. He 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.

In 2021, Wiley was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame and was inducted by former teammate and close friend Mick Malthouse.

Coaching

After his season with West Coast, Wiley returned as coach of his old club Perth, succeeding Mal Brown. In his first season (1988), Wiley took the Demons to their second season with more wins than losses since the 1978 WANFL season, and they were unlucky not to make the finals, losing out only when South Fremantle and East Fremantle beat top two sides Claremont and Subiaco in the final round after having been third for most of the season. The following year, however, Perth fell away to sixth after being last for a substantial period and Wiley's contract was not renewed. He still has the best win–loss record, however, of any coach of Perth since Ken Armstrong retired. Wiley later was the last State of Origin coach for Western Australian in 1998. He 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. At the end of 2012, Wiley reunited with Malthouse at Carlton. He was appointed to the role of director development and coaching.

After leaving Carlton, Wiley was appointed the coach of East Fremantle in the WAFL, for 2016 to 2018 seasons. In 2021, Wiley returned to West Coast as its WAFL team coach from the 2022 season, he is also the Eagles number 1 ticket holder for the 2021 and 2022 AFL seasons.

Notes

These tallies refer to premiership matches (home-and-away and finals matches) only.

References

Christian, Geoff; "West Perth get Record Hiding"; The West Australian; 13 June 1977, p. 75
Loretta Johns (18 March 2015). "Wiley named Perth legend". Carlton Football Club. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
"The Wiley Tiger from Perth enters the Hall of Fame". afl.com.au. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
East, Alan; From Redlegs to Demons A History of the Perth Football Club from 1899 (2005)
"2015 Coaching Panel". carltonfc.com.au. Carlton Football Club. Retrieved 16 August 2015.

External links

Robert Wiley's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Robert Wiley at AustralianFootball.com
Robert Wiley player profile page at WAFL FootyFacts
Profile at WA Football Hall of Fame website

v t e Richmond Football Club 1980 VFL premiers
Richmond 23.21 (159) defeated Collingwood 9.24 (78), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1. Lee 2. Wiley 3. Weightman 4. Raines 5. Dunne 6. Mount 7. Malthouse 8. Roach 11. Monteath (c) 16. Wood 18. Keane 19. Strachan 20. Jess 22. Rowlings 29. Bartlett 30. Bourke 31. Welsh 33. Cloke 44. Freame 46. Smith
Coach: Jewell

v t e 1986 All-Australian team
South Australia Michael Aish (Norwood) Craig Bradley (Carlton) Andrew Jarman (North Adelaide) Stephen Kernahan (Carlton) Chris McDermott (Glenelg) Mark Naley (Carlton) John Platten (Hawthorn)
Victoria Gerard Healy (Sydney) Brian Royal (Footscray) Kevin Walsh (Essendon) Dale Weightman (Richmond) Greg Williams (Sydney)
Western Australia Gary Buckenara (Hawthorn) Brad Hardie (Footscray) Laurie Keene (Subiaco) Andrew Macnish (Subiaco) Steve Malaxos (Claremont) Michael Mitchell (Claremont) Phil Narkle (West Coast) Brian Peake (East Fremantle) (Captain) Maurice Rioli (Richmond) Robert Wiley (Perth) Peter Wilson (East Fremantle) Ron Alexander (East Fremantle) (Coach)

v t e Coaches of the East Fremantle Football Club
1898–1900: Wilson 1901–1903: Chadwick 1904–1909: Wilson 1910–1911: J. Doig 1912: Trotter 1913: Sharpe 1914–1915: Scobie 1916–1922: Truscott 1923–1924: Bi. Smith 1925–1926: Truscott 1927–1929: Mudie 1930: Dolan 1931: A. Sheedy 1932–1933: Dolan 1934: Jarvis 1935: A. Sheedy 1936: Jarvis 1937–1939: Hutchinson 1940: C. Doig 1941–1948: Dolan 1949: J. Sheedy 1950: Dolan 1951: Conway 1952: J. Sheedy 1953: Strang 1954: G. Doig 1955–1956: Meiers 1957–1958: Marsh 1959: Everett 1960–1961: Marsh 1962–1966: Johnson 1967: Thornley/Rogers 1968: Rogers 1969: Sarich 1970: Sarich/Neesham 1971–1972: Joyce 1973–1976: Todd 1977–1978: Joyce 1979–1980: Br. Smith 1981: K. Smith 1982–1986: Alexander 1987–1989: Melrose 1990: Wilcox 1991: Wilcox/Judge 1992–1994: Judge 1995–1998: Micale 1999–2000: Blackwell 2001–2002: Spalding 2003–2004: Lester-Smith 2005–2007: Dunbar 2008–2010: Woewodin 2011–2014: Malaxos 2015: Malaxos/Dodd 2016–2018: Wiley 2019–: Monaghan

Coaches of the East Fremantle Football Club

1898–1900: Wilson
1901–1903: Chadwick
1904–1909: Wilson
1910–1911: J. Doig
1912: Trotter
1913: Sharpe
1914–1915: Scobie
1916–1922: Truscott
1923–1924: Bi. Smith
1925–1926: Truscott
1927–1929: Mudie
1930: Dolan
1931: A. Sheedy
1932–1933: Dolan
1934: Jarvis
1935: A. Sheedy
1936: Jarvis
1937–1939: Hutchinson
1940: C. Doig
1941–1948: Dolan
1949: J. Sheedy
1950: Dolan
1951: Conway
1952: J. Sheedy
1953: Strang
1954: G. Doig
1955–1956: Meiers
1957–1958: Marsh
1959: Everett
1960–1961: Marsh
1962–1966: Johnson
1967: Thornley/Rogers
1968: Rogers
1969: Sarich
1970: Sarich/Neesham
1971–1972: Joyce
1973–1976: Todd
1977–1978: Joyce
1979–1980: Br. Smith
1981: K. Smith
1982–1986: Alexander
1987–1989: Melrose
1990: Wilcox
1991: Wilcox/Judge
1992–1994: Judge
1995–1998: Micale
1999–2000: Blackwell
2001–2002: Spalding
2003–2004: Lester-Smith
2005–2007: Dunbar
2008–2010: Woewodin
2011–2014: Malaxos
2015: Malaxos/Dodd
2016–2018: Wiley
2019–: Monaghan

v t e Western Australian team – 1984 Interstate Championships
Western Australia 14.14 (98) defeated South Australia 14.13 (97), at Football Park, 9 June 1984 Western Australia 21.16 (142) defeated Victoria 21.12 (138), at Subiaco Oval, 17 July 1984
Both games	Aitken Bosustow Carter Daniels Hardie Harding Langsford Malaxos (c) Rance Wiley
State game vs. South Australia	Baynes Brenton Campbell Fogarty Hart Holmes Keene Mosconi Panizza Ware Wilkinson
State of Origin vs. Victoria	Baker Blackwell Cronan Dorotich Glendinning Holden Peake Purser Richardson Rioli Sidebottom Taylor
Coach: Todd

v t e Western Australian team – 1985 Interstate Championships
South Australia 30.18 (198) defeated Western Australia 16.15 (111), at Subiaco Oval, 15 June 1985 Victoria 19.16 (130) defeated Western Australia 9.11 (65), at Subiaco Oval, 16 July 1985
Both games	Browning Mitchell G. Sidebottom
State Game vs. South Australia	Bairstow Bradmore Brennan Carter Caton Cousins Fogarty Harding Lamb Langsford (c) Rance S. Richardson Scott Skwirowski Waterson Wilkinson Wilson Wrensted
State of Origin vs. Victoria	Annear Baker Beasley Blackwell Buckenara Daniels Glendinning Hardie Holden Hunter Krakouer Lester-Smith Peake Purser Richardson Rioli Sewell A. Sidebottom Wiley
Coach: Todd

v t e Western Australian team – 1986 Interstate Championships
Western Australia 18.19 (127) defeated South Australia 12.16 (88), at Football Park, 27 May 1986 Western Australia 21.11 (137) defeated Victoria 20.14 (134), at Subiaco Oval, 8 July 1986
Both games	Bairstow Ellis Harding Keene Laidley Lamb Macnish Miles Mitchell Peake Sartori Waterson Wilson
State game vs. South Australia	Bewick Christie Dean Malaxos Panizza Taylor Wiley Wilkinson Wrensted
State of Origin vs. Victoria	Baker Blackwell Buckenara Davidson Glendinning Hardie Lester-Smith Narkle Rioli
Coach: Alexander

v t e Western Australian team – 1998 State of Origin
Abraham Ball Barnard Bell Callaghan Chick Clement Cook Cummings Donnelly Farmer Gale Hall Hay Jakovich McIntosh Mitchell O'Reilly Parker Schofield Sierakowski Waterman (c) Wira Woewodin
Coach: Wiley

v t e Western Australia State of Origin coaches
1977: Farmer 1978: Armstrong 1979: Cable 1980: Smith 1981–82: Brown 1983–85: Todd 1986: Alexander 1987–88: Todd 1988: Neesham 1988: Brown 1989–90: Alexander 1991–93: Malthouse 1995: Buckenara 1996–97: Glendinning 1998: Wiley

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