| Tony Micale | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Anthony Claude Micale | ||
| Date of birth | (1948-11-22)22 November 1948 (age 76) | ||
| Place of birth | Perth,Western Australia | ||
| Original team(s) | South Fremantle juniors | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1967–70 | South Fremantle | 16 (12) | |
| 1973–78 | East Fremantle | 58 (37) | |
| Total | 74 (49) | ||
| Coaching career3 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 1997–98 | East Fremantle | 44 (34–10–0) | |
| 1999 | South Fremantle | 22 (19–3–0) | |
| 2000–02 | East Perth | 60 (48–12–0) | |
| 2009–11 | East Perth | 62 (28–34–0) | |
| Total | 188 (129–59–0) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1978. 3 Coaching statistics correct as of 2011. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
Anthony Claude "Tony" Micale (born 22 November 1948) is anAustralian rules football coach and former player. He is the current coach of theEast Perth Football Club. Micale played for theSouth Fremantle andEast Fremantle Football Clubs in theWest Australian Football League (WAFL), and later took up coaching. He also occasionally works as aspecial comments radio commentator for football matches broadcast on6PR.
After playing 16 games forSouth Fremantle in the WAFL between 1967 and 1970,[1] Micale moved toEast Fremantle where he played from 1973 to 1976 and again in 1978, playing in the side's premiership victory in 1974.[2]
Micale coachedEast Fremantle from 1997 to 1998, including the side's premiership win in 1998. He coachedSouth Fremantle to a grand final in 1999 before being recruited byEast Perth, which he took to three consecutive premierships, in 2000, 2001 and 2002. He served as an assistant coach of theWest Coast Eagles in theAustralian Football League (AFL) from 2003 to 2008, and was named as "AFL Assistant Coach of the Year" in 2007. He was dropped from the role at the end of the2008 season.[3] Micale was re-appointed coach of East Perth for the2009 season, replacingGlen Bewick. In April 2011, Micale stepped down from his role as coach of East Perth after the death of his son, Josh, from abrain aneurysm, but returned the following week.[4]
