years clubs article_title debutstadium statsend name debutdate birth_date originalteam debutopponent debutteam heightweight
1987-1988 1989-1990 '' ` total - '' ' west coast eagles fitzroy wally matera
 subiaco oval 1990 wally matera round 1 , 1987 9 september 1963 south fremantle -lrb- wafl -rrb- richmond west coast 170 cm / 64 kg
wally matera

wally matera -lrb- born 9 september 1963 -rrb- is a former australian rules footballer of indigenous and italian heritage .
he played with the west coast eagles and fitzroy in the afl and for south fremantle in the wafl .
his brothers , peter and phillip matera both followed in his footsteps and represented west coast , while his son brandon is a current player with gold coast football club and bailey who plays colts for south fremantle .
matera arrived in south fremantle from wagin federals , debuting in 1982 at the age of eighteen .
three years later he won their best and fairest and after another solid season he found himself in west coast 's squad for their debut season .
he top scored for the eagles in their first league game , kicking 4 goals .
after a couple of seasons he moved to victoria where he played with fitzroy until the end of 1990 .
after leaving the afl he stayed in victoria , representing prahran briefly .
he then returned to western australia , where he won the south fremantle best and fairest twice more and was appointed captain in 1993 after being vice-captain in 1992 .
