Graeme John

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Graeme John
Personal information
Full name	Graeme John
Date of birth	15 March 1943
Original team	East Perth
Height/Weight	188 cm / 85 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1964–69	South Melbourne	77 (97)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1973–75	South Melbourne	66 (15–50–1)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 1975 season.

Graeme John (born 15 March 1943^[1]) was Managing Director of Australia Post from 1993 to 2009.^[2] From 1990 was Australia Post's Chief Manager of National Operations.^[3] Mr John was awarded the Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 2003, for service to business and to the community. He is also a recipient of the Centennial Medal and the Australian Sports Medal. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Transport and a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He is a Board member of QR National, and Racing Victoria.

He is a former Chairman of the Board of the Kahala Posts Group, Board member of the International Post Corporation (Netherlands), and Vice-Chairman of Sai Cheng Logistics International (China), a joint venture with China Post.

John first gained notoriety playing for, and later coaching, the South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League, now the Sydney Swans Football Club in the Australian Football League. He played at Centre-Half-Forward for both the Western Australian and Victorian state teams and gained selection in the All-Australia Team. He was recently nominated for the Swans "Team of The Century". Off the field John has also served as President of the South Melbourne Football Club and continues to contribute to the sport as an Australian Football League Commissioner.

He is the father of Gareth John, a ruckman who played for the Sydney Swans.

References

^[4]

↑ "AFL Tables – Graeme John – Statistics". Retrieved 2010-01-24.
↑ "Australia Post chief Graeme John announces retirement". Retrieved 2010-01-24.
↑ "Australia Post Annual Report 2008–09". Retrieved 2010-01-14.
↑ http://www.sevenwestmedia.com.au/Home/Board

v t e Coaches of the South Melbourne Football Club/Sydney Swans

1909: Ricketts 1910–1911: Thomas 1912: Ricketts 1913: H. Kelly 1914–1917: Belcher 1918–1919: Elms/Howson 1920: Hiskins 1921: Wood 1922: Cazaly 1923–1928: Pannam 1929: Caldwell 1929: Fleiter 1930–1931: Scanlan 1932: Leonard 1933–1936: Bisset 1935: Diggins 1937–1938: Cazaly 1939: Matthews 1940: Baggott 1941–1944: J. Kelly 1945–1948: Adams 1948–1949: Hale 1950–1952: Lane 1953: Nash 1954–1957: Matthews 1958–1959: Clegg 1960–1961: Faul 1962–1964: McMahen 1965–1966: Skilton 1965: Lahiff 1967–1968: Miller 1969–1972: Smith 1973–1975: John 1976–1977: Stewart 1978: Tuddenham 1979–1981: Stewart 1982–1984: Quade 1984: Franklin 1984: Hammond 1985: Northey 1986–1988: Hafey 1989–1991: Kinnear 1992–1993: Buckenara 1993: Scott 1993–1995: Barassi 1996–2002: Eade 2002–2010: Roos 2011–: Longmire

Italics denote caretaker coach

Persondata
Name	John, Graeme
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer and coach
Date of birth	15 March 1943
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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