Wayne Blackwell

Wayne Blackwell
Personal information
Date of birth	(1960-08-30) 30 August 1960
Place of birth	England
Original team(s)	North Beach / Hale School
Debut	Round 1 1984, Carlton vs. North Melbourne, at Waverley Park
Height / weight	179 cm / 80 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1978–1983 1984–1990	Claremont Carlton	112 (84) 110 (80)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1996–1998 2000	Perth East Fremantle	63 (25–38–0) 21 0(13–8–0)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 2000.
Career highlights
Claremont premiership side 1981 Western Australia State of Origin representative

Wayne Anthony Blackwell (born 30 August 1960) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Claremont in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL) and Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL) from 1978 to 1990.

Born in England, Wayne Blackwell played his early football in Western Australia and he was a centreman in Claremont’s 1981 premiership team. After 112 WANFL games, some as vice-captain, he crossed to Carlton where he was used mostly on the wing and was a member of the side which lost the 1986 VFL Grand Final. Also in 1986 he finished third in the "Best and Fairest" for Carlton. He missed out on playing in their 1987 premiership team due to a knee injury, while a groin injury would force him to retire in 1990.

At interstate level Blackwell was a regular for Western Australia throughout the 1980s and made a total of eight appearances. He is often remembered for a smother in his state's three point win over Victoria at Subiaco in 1986 when he prevented Brian Royal from kicking the winning goal.

His son Luke Blackwell arrived at Carlton under the father-son rule and made his debut in 2006.

Coaching career

After he retired as a player, Wayne Blackwell carved out a career as a coach.^[1] He began his coaching career as a playing coach in the Western District of Victoria, taking Portland to a premiership in his first year, and in 1993 coached QAFL team North Brisbane. Returning to his home state in 1995, Blackwell was signed for 1996 by struggling WAFL club Perth - in financial strife and facing potential merger with East Perth or relocation to the Gosnells region^[2] - as a successor to former teammate David Glascott. Blackwell took Perth to only its third finals appearance since its halcyon era ended in 1979 during 1997, but in 1998 the Demons fell back to their old ways with only four wins and Blackwell was told he was not wanted for the 1999 season. As of 2013, however, Blackwell remains the last coach to take Perth to a season with more wins than losses or to a finals appearance.

2000 saw Wayne Blackwell take the reins at East Fremantle for one season. Although Blackwell took the Sharks to a Grand Final, after the season he announced that business interests would prevent him coaching a senior WAFL team again. He has however served time in 2005 as an assistant coach at Swan Districts and is currently the colts coach for his old club Claremont.

References

↑ Wayne Blackwell
↑ "Research Helps WAFL Plan for the Future" in The Game; p. 11; from The West Australian; 3 June 1996

External links

Wayne Blackwell's statistics from AFL Tables
Wayne Blackwell's profile from AustralianFootball.com

Western Australian team – 1983 Interstate Championships

Western Australia 24.14 (134) defeated South Australia 16.14 (110), at Subiaco Oval, 4 June 1983 Western Australia 16.22 (118) defeated Victoria 16.19 (115), at Subiaco Oval, 12 July 1983

Both games	Blackwell Cronan Harding Langsford Michael (c) Ralph Rance Solin

State game vs. South Australia	Aitken Edwards Ellis Fong Goulding Holden Ironmonger Magro Mitchell Narkle Panizza Roe Thorne

State of Origin vs. Victoria	Barrett Boucher Bosustow Buckenara Buhagiar Glendinning Malarkey Purser Richardson Rioli Sidebottom Taylor

Coach: Todd

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

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

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

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