Tony Micale
{{Short description|Australian rules footballer and coach}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Tony Micale
| image =
| fullname = Anthony Claude Micale
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|11|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = Perth, Western Australia
| death_date =
| death_place =
| originalteam = {{WAFL|SF}} juniors
| height =
| weight =
| position =
| statsend = 1978
| coachstatsend = 2011
| years1 = 1967–70
| club1 = {{WAFL|SF}}
| games_goals1 = 16 (12)
| years2 = 1973–78
| club2 = {{WAFL|EF}}
| games_goals2 = 58 (37)
| games_goalstotal = 74 (49)
| coachyears1 = 1997–98
| coachclub1 = {{WAFL|EF}}
| coachgames_wins1 = 44 (34–10–0)
| coachyears2 = 1999
| coachclub2 = {{WAFL|SF}}
| coachgames_wins2 = 22 (19–3–0)
| coachyears3 = 2000–02
| coachclub3 = {{WAFL|EP}}
| coachgames_wins3 = 60 (48–12–0)
| coachyears4 = 2009–11
| coachclub4 = East Perth
| coachgames_wins4 = 62 (28–34–0)
| coachgames_winstotal = 188 (129–59–0)
| careerhighlights = *East Fremantle premiership player 1974
}}
Anthony Claude "Tony" Micale (born 22 November 1948) is an Australian rules football coach and former player. He is the current coach of the East Perth Football Club. Micale played for the South Fremantle and East Fremantle Football Clubs in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), and later took up coaching. He also occasionally works as a special comments radio commentator for football matches broadcast on 6PR.
Career
After playing 16 games for {{WAFL|SF}} in the WAFL between 1967 and 1970,[http://www.southfremantlefc.com.au/assets/Uploads/Player-Records-1900-2010.pdf South Fremantle League Players 1900–2010] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202175550/http://www.southfremantlefc.com.au/assets/Uploads/Player-Records-1900-2010.pdf |date=2 February 2014 }} – South Fremantle Football Club. Retrieved 3 March 2012. Micale moved to {{WAFL|EF}} where he played from 1973 to 1976 and again in 1978, playing in the side's premiership victory in 1974.{{cite web | url=http://wafootball.com.au/resources/doc_download/10-premiership-players-1931-2008 | title=Every League Premiership Player in Page Finals System Era - 1931 - 2009 |publisher=West Australian Football League | accessdate=12 September 2011 | pages=10}}
Micale coached {{WAFL|EF}} from 1997 to 1998, including the side's premiership win in 1998. He coached {{WAFL|SF}} to a grand final in 1999 before being recruited by {{WAFL|EP}}, which he took to three consecutive premierships, in 2000, 2001 and 2002. He served as an assistant coach of the West Coast Eagles in the Australian 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 the 2008 season.[http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/tony-micale-to-coach-royals/story-e6frg1wu-1111117538003 Dumped Eagles assistant Tony Micale to coach East Perth] – PerthNow. Written by Chris Pike. Published 19 September 2008. Retrieved 11 September 2011. Micale was re-appointed coach of East Perth for the 2009 season, replacing Glen Bewick. In April 2011, Micale stepped down from his role as coach of East Perth after the death of his son, Josh, from a brain aneurysm, but returned the following week.[http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/afl/east-perth-coach-tony-micale-steps-down-indefinitely-after-death-of-his-son/story-e6frg243-1226041521506 East Perth coach Tony Micale steps down indefinitely after death of his son] – PerthNow. Written by Joseph Sapienza. Published 19 April 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{WAFL FootyFacts}}
{{East Fremantle Football Club coaches}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Micale, Tony}}
Category:Australian rules football commentators
Category:Australian rules footballers from Perth, Western Australia
Category:East Fremantle Football Club coaches
Category:East Fremantle Football Club players
Category:East Perth Football Club coaches