Graham Diggle

Graham Diggle (13 March 1889 – 31 May 1971) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Graham Diggle
Diggle in 1914
Personal information
Full name Graham Diggle
Date of birth (1889-03-13)13 March 1889
Place of birth Flemington, Victoria
Date of death 31 May 1971(1971-05-31) (aged 82)
Place of death Seymour, Victoria
Original team(s) Euroa
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1907–09 Collingwood (VFL) 13 (1)
1912–15, 1919 Essendon A (VFA) 47 (49)
1920–24 Seymour (WNEFA)[1]
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1919.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The son of George Diggle (1860-1938), an undertaker,[3] and Lucy Diggle (1870-1946), née Bird,[4] Graham Diggle was born at Flemington, Victoria on 13 March 1889.

He married Agnes Mary Smith (1886-1959) on 11 April 1914.[5]

Seymour Racecourse Land Bill
Victorian Legislative Council Debate (10 May 1966).

The Hon. D.G. Elliott.—
I remember that a member of a committee of the Seymour Football
Club, which played in the Waranga-North-East League, was an ex-
Collingwood footballer, Graham Diggle. Apart from being a builder,
Mr. Diggle was also the local undertaker. There was a famous
phrase in the Waranga area, "When it ceases to wriggle, you take
it to Diggle." If he is still living in the area, I hope members who
represent it will pass on our kind regards to Mr. Diggle, who in his
day was a great ruckman.
      (Parliament of Victoria, Hansard).[6]

Football

Collingwood VFL)

Recruited from the Euroa Football Club in the Euroa District Football League (EDFL), he played 13 games for Collingwood's First XVIII over three seasons: 9 games in 1907; 2 games in 1908; and 2 games in 1909.

Euroa (EDFL)

Released by Collingwood in May 1909, he returned to the Euroa Football Club.[7]

Essendon A (VFA)

Cleared from Collingwood to Essendon A in the VFA in July 1912,[8] Diggle played in 44 First XVIII matches for Essendon from 1912 to 1915, and 3 games in the post-war VFA competition in 1919.

Seymour (WNEFA)

From 1920 to 1924, he was captain-coach of the Seymour Football Club in the Waranga North East Football Association. The team won two premierships in Diggle's time as coach: in 1920, and in 1923 (unbeaten in the entire season).[9]

Death

He died at Seymour, Victoria on 31 May 1971.[10]

Notes
  1. All Seymour Football Club records prior to 1923 were destroyed in the May 1974 floods.
  2. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.227.
  3. Car's Plunge into Creek, The Benalla Ensign, (Friday, 22 April 1938), p.3; Deaths: Diggle, The Age, (Wednesday, 20 April 1938), p.1.
  4. Deaths: Diggle, The Age, (Thursday, 3 January 1946), p.6.
  5. Wedding: Diggle—Smith, The Euroa Advertiser (Friday, 17 April 1914), p.5.
  6. Parliament of Victoria, Hansard (5 May 1966—11 May 1966), p.4121.
  7. Meeting of the Association, The Benalla Standard, (Friday, 28 May 1909), p.3.
  8. Football: The League: Permit Applications, The Argus, (Thursday, 4 July 1912), p.4.
  9. Seymour Football Club, at australianfootball.com.
  10. Deaths: Diggle, The Age, (Tuesday, 1 June 1971), p.24.

References
  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
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