Ricky Graham

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**Ricky Graham**
Personal information
Birth	June 21, 1946,
Recruited from	Geelong District
Height and weight	180 cm / 81 kg
Playing career¹
Debut	1965, Geelong vs. , at
Team(s)	Geelong (1965-69) 35 games, 4 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 1969 season
Career highlights

Ricky Graham (born June 21, 1946) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the VFL during the late 1960s. He also captain-coached 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/Zillemere.

In his retirement from football Graham had a brief stint as a Brisbane Bears board member and now runs a holiday resort on the island of Vanuatu.