Graham Arthur

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Graham Arthur
Personal information
Full name	Graham Francis Arthur
Date of birth	(1936-06-09) 9 June 1936
Original team	Sandhurst (BFL)
Height/Weight	180cm / 86kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1955–1968	Hawthorn	232 (201)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
	Victoria	12 (7)
Coaching career³
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1964–1965	Hawthorn	36 (17–19–0)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 1968 season. ³ Coaching statistics correct as of 1965.
Career highlights
Hawthorn premiership captain 1961 Peter Crimmins Medal 1955, 1958, 1962 Australian Football Hall of Fame Hawthorn Team of the Century, captain Hawthorn captain 1960–1968

Graham Francis Arthur is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL in the 1950s and 1960s.

Arthur played primarily as a half forward, debuting while still only 18 years old.

He was the captain of the first Hawthorn side to win the Grand Final and made a dozen appearances for the Victorian state team. He was named as captain of Hawthorn's official Team of the Century.

Arthur was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in the initial intake in 1996, his citation reading:

Hawthorn’s first premiership captain was a brilliant half-forward flanker/centreman.

Arthur's father Alan Arthur played for Essendon.

On 24 October 2000, Arthur was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for his contribution to Australian football.^[1]

References

↑ "Graham Francis Arthur". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 5 January 2012.

External links

Preceded by John Kennedy	Hawthorn Best and Fairest winner 1955	Succeeded by Roy Simmonds
Preceded by Alf Hughes	Hawthorn Best and Fairest winner 1958	Succeeded by Allan Woodley
Preceded by Ian Law	Hawthorn Best and Fairest winner 1962	Succeeded by Ian Law
Preceded by John Kennedy	Hawthorn Football Club captain 1960–68	Succeeded by David Parkin
Preceded by John Kennedy	Hawthorn Football Club coach 1964–65	Succeeded by Peter O'Donohue

v t e Hawthorn Football Club 1961 VFL Premiers

Hawthorn 13.16 (94) defeated Footscray 7.9 (51), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Captain: 2. Arthur 1. Kaine 3. Nalder 4. Browne 5. Fisher 7. Law 9. Edwards 10. Cooper 11. Hill 12. Winneke 14. Mort 19. Cunningham 20. S. Hay 22. P. Hay 23. Peck 26. McPherson 28. McArthur 29. Poole 30. Youren 31. Young

Coach: Kennedy

Captains of the Hawthorn Football Club

1925: Jackson
1926: Minogue
1926: Burke
1927: Lethlean
1928: Sutton
1928: Sellars
1929: Chadwick
1930–1931: Harris
1932–1934: Mills
1935–1937: McAlpine
1938: Mills
1939: Thomas
1940–1941: Mills
1942: Carmody
1943: Williams
1944: Bohan
1945: Shea
1946: Bohan
1947–1949: Albiston
1950: O'Donohue
1950–1951: Curran
1951–1952: O'Donohue
1953–1954: Fletcher
1955–1959: Kennedy
1960–1965: Arthur
1965: Peck
1966–1968: Arthur
1969–1973: Parkin
1974–1975: Crimmins
1976–1980: Scott
1981–1985: Matthews
1986–1991: Tuck
1992–1993: Ayres
1994: Langford
1995–1998: Dunstall
1999–2004: Crawford
2005–2007: Vandenberg
2008–2010: Mitchell
2011–: Hodge

v t e Coaches of the Hawthorn Football Club

1914: Gough 1915: P.Woods 1919: McKenzie 1920: Alley 1920-1921: Rademacher 1922-1924: Walton 1925: Hall 1926–1927: Minogue 1928: Sutton 1929: Chadwick 1930–1931: Harris 1932: Jackson 1933: Phillips 1933: Rademacher 1933–1934: Twomey 1935–1938: McAlpine 1939: Thomas 1940–1941: Mills 1942–1943: Cazaly 1944: Lahiff 1945–1946: Shea 1947–1949: Albiston 1950–1951: McCaskill 1952–1959: Hale 1960–1963: Kennedy 1964–1965: Arthur 1966: O'Donohue 1967–1976: Kennedy 1973: Simonds 1977–1980: Parkin 1981–1987: Jeans 1988: Joyce 1989–1990: Jeans 1991–1993: Joyce 1994–1995: Knights 1996–1999: Judge 2000–2004: Schwab 2001: Connolly 2004: McDonald 2005–: Clarkson

Italics denote caretaker coach

v t e Hawthorn Football Club · Team of the Century

Full-back	Gary Ayres Kelvin Moore Albert Mills

Half-back	Col Austen Chris Mew Peter Knights

Centre	Robert DiPierdomenico Jim Bohan Brendan Edwards

Half-forward	Graham Arthur (c) Dermott Brereton Gary Buckenara

Full-forward	Jason Dunstall Peter Hudson John Platten

Ruck	Don Scott Michael Tuck Leigh Matthews

Interchange	Chris Langford Ian Law Paul Salmon Roy Simmonds

Coach	John Kennedy, Sr.

Peter Crimmins Medal · Hawthorn Football Club Best and Fairest Winners

1927: Utting
1929: Utting
1930: Sharpley
1932: Spinks
1933: Mills
1934: Loveless
1935: Mills
1936: Murphy
1937: Murphy
1938: Spinks
1939: Mills
1940: Angwin
1941: Albiston
1942: Barker
1943: Bohan
1944: Blackman
1945: Bohan
1946: Albiston
1947: Culpitt
1948: Curran
1949: Austen
1950: Kennedy
1951: Kennedy
1952: Kennedy
1953: Fletcher
1954: Kennedy
1955: Arthur
1956: Simmonds
1957: Hughes
1958: Arthur
1959: Woodley
1960: Edwards
1961: Law
1962: Arthur
1963: Law
1964: Law
1965: Parkin
1966: Wilson
1967: Keddie
1968: Hudson
1969: Keddie
1970: Hudson
1971: Matthews
1972: Matthews
1973: Scott
1974: Matthews
1975: Knights
1976: Matthews
1977: Matthews
1978: Matthews/Knights
1979: Moore
1980: Matthews
1981: Wallace
1982: Matthews
1983: Wallace
1984: Greene
1985: Brereton
1986: Ayres
1987: Platten
1988: Dunstall
1989: Dunstall
1990: Collins
1991: Allan
1992: Dunstall
1993: Dunstall
1994: Platten
1995: Jarman
1996: Salmon
1997: Salmon
1998: Crawford
1999: Crawford
2000: Chick/Holland
2001: Smith
2002: Crawford
2003: Crawford
2004: Everitt
2005: Hodge
2006: Mitchell
2007: Sewell
2008: Franklin
2009: Mitchell
2010: Hodge
2011: Mitchell
2012: Mitchell
2013: Gibson

Persondata
Name	Arthur, Graham Francis
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer
Date of birth	9 June 1936
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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