US EditionThe pale, raw-boned boy who became an AFL legend
- Robert Walls, born in Dunolly, Victoria, became an AFL legend as a player and coach mainly for Carlton from the late 1960s to the 1990s.
- Walls was recruited by Carlton while attending Coburg High School amid Ron Barassi's first captain-coach tenure, which shaped his disciplined playing style.
- Walls played 218 games with Carlton, winning three premierships as a player and later coached teams including Fitzroy, Carlton, Brisbane Bears, and Richmond, with notable success in 1987.
- He scored six goals and had 24 possessions in the highest-scoring 1972 grand final, was credited with developing future champions, and later reflected, "I was too brutal, too uncompromising."
- Diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in 2023, Walls chose voluntary assisted dying and died surrounded by family in 2025, leaving a lasting impact on AFL as a coach, player, and commentator.
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