Personal information | |
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Birth | 1 June 1952 |
Recruited from | Orbost |
Playing career¹ | |
Team(s) |
Footscray (1970-1974) 50 games, 17 goals |
¹ Statistics to end of 1974 season | |
Career highlights | |
Graeme Austin (born 1 June 1952) was an Australian rules football player. He played with Footscray, now known as the Western Bulldogs, mostly as a midfielder. He was recruited from Orbost, Victoria which was at the time part of Footscray's very productive Gippsland zone. His playing measurements were 178 cm and 68.5 kg.
Austin took 5 seasons with Footscray to reach 50 senior games, indicating that he was never consistently part of their best 20 players. In fact he spent a few seasons in Footscray's reserves before debuting in 1970. He was not a part of the Footscray's team that reached the elimination final in 1974.
Russell and Main describe Austin as "a handy rover".
Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2002) The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers, Crown Content, Melbourne.