Ricky Graham, Date of Birth

    

Ricky Graham

Australian footballer

Date of Birth: 21-Jun-1946

Profession: Australian rules footballer

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Ricky Graham

  • Ricky Graham (born 21 June 1946) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the late 1960s. He also captain-coached Tasmanian Football League (TFL) club New Norfolk.
  • Ricky comes from a famous footballing family with his father Jack and nephew Ben each playing over 200 games in the VFL/AFL. Mostly a centreman and flanker during his career, Graham played originally with Geelong Districts.
  • He made his debut for Geelong's VFL side in 1965 and appeared in the seniors sporadically over the course of his five-year career.
  • He spent a lot of his time in the reserves and won a Gardiner Medal in 1967.
  • His efforts in the reserves that year earned him selection as 20th man in the Grand Final against Richmond but he finished on the losing side.
  • Graham did however kick one of his four VFL goals in the game, from outside 50, with such long kicking being a feature of his game. Graham was appointed captain-coach of New Norfolk in 1970 and won the William Leitch Medal two years later.
  • He had the distinction of captaining Tasmania at the 1972 Perth Carnival.
  • From 1973 to 1976 he coached Ulverstone and steered them to the 1976 Tasmanian State Premiership.
  • He finished his coaching career in Queensland with Windsor-Zillmere. In his retirement from football Graham had a brief stint as a Brisbane Bears board member and became a property developer on the Gold Coast.
  • He is now semi-retired.

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