Johnny Graham (Australian footballer)

Johnny Graham (5 May 1875 – 16 August 1946) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in both the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Johnny Graham
Personal information
Full name John Alexander Graham
Date of birth (1875-05-05)5 May 1875
Place of birth Geelong
Date of death 16 August 1946(1946-08-16) (aged 71)
Place of death Boronia, Victoria
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1897 Essendon 1 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1897.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The son of George Graham (1837-1897),[2] and Sarah Graham (1833-1898), née McPhail,[3] John Alexander Graham was born at Geelong on 5 May 1875.

He married Alice Eliza Lemmon at Carlton, Victoria on 22 February 1899. They were divorced in 1932.[4]

He married Elsie Jane Morrow (1891-1962) in 1933.

Football

Essendon (VFA)

He played for Essendon in the VFA in 1896.

Essendon (VFL)

Playing at full-forward in his only VFL senior match — in which he kicked two goals — he was one of the 20 who played for Essendon in its first VFL match against Geelong, at Corio Oval, on 8 May 1897: Jim Anderson, Edward "Son" Barry, Arthur Cleghorn, Tod Collins, Jim Darcy, Charlie Forbes, Johnny Graham, Joe Groves, George Hastings, Ted Kinnear, George Martin, Bob McCormick, Pat O'Loughlin, Gus Officer, Ned Officer, Bert Salkeld, George Stuckey, George Vautin, Norman Waugh, and Harry Wright.[5]

Death

He died at his residence in Boronia, Victoria on 16 August 1946.[6]

Notes
  1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.332.
  2. Deaths: Graham, The Argus, (Tuesday, 31 August 1897), p.1.
  3. Deaths: Graham, The Geelong Advertiser, (Monday, 12 September 1898), p.1.
  4. Law List, The Age, (Tuesday, 8 November 1932), p.6.
  5. Maplestone (1996), p.50.
  6. Deaths: Graham, The Age, (Monday, 19 August 1946), p.9.

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.
  • Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-9591740-2-8
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