Australian Football Hall of Fame member, Carlton legend and Brisbane Bears coach, Robert Walls, passed away aged 74. 

Mr Walls battled with cancer for more than two years, and passed away after using voluntary assisted dying laws.

3AW Commentator, Bruce Eva, told Sam Leckie on Wide World of Sports, “It is a sad day. It’s a sad day for the footy world. First and foremost a sad day for Wally’s family.”

“It’s a sad day for the 3AW family and the clubs that he represented so brilliantly four premierships, three as a player for Carlton, one as a Carlton coach.”

“But he also had such an impact on, firstly, the Fitzroy Football Club, who then obviously became the um, the Brisbane Lions. He did coached the Brisbane Bears, actually pre-merger as well, and he finished his coaching career with a couple of years in charge at the Tigers,” Mr Eva said.

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