Jack Graham (footballer)

Infobox afl player | firstname = Jack
lastname = Graham




birthdate = 7 May 1916
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heightweight = 191cm / 99kg
dead = alive
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debutdate = 1935
debutteam = South Melbourne
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playingteams = South Melbourne (1935-49)
* 227 games, 233 goals
coach = notcoach
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statsend = 1949
careerhighlights =

* 1945 Bob Skilton Medalist
* 2 time leading goalkicker at South Melbourne
* 1945 Champion of the Season

Jack Graham (born 7 May 1916) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for South Melbourne in the VFL during the 1930s and 40s.

Graham was utility player but played mostly as a ruckman. Over the course of his career he was one of the few players who used the place kick and he played in losing grand finals with South Melbourne in 1936 and 1945. He polled well in a couple of Brownlow Medal counts with a seventh placing in 1937 and an equal sixth in 1941. Graham won the Champion of the Season award in 1945, the last ever given out. He later served as coach of South Adelaide and also played briefly for the club.

His son Ricky Graham and grandson Ben Graham both became league footballers at Geelong.

References

*AflRleague|ref=J/Jack_Graham0.html
* [http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/g.htm#Jack%20Graham%20(South%20Melbourne%20&%20South%20Adelaide) Fullpointsfooty profile]