Graham Arthur | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Graham Francis Arthur | ||
Date of birth | (1936-06-09)9 June 1936 | ||
Date of death | 10 January 2021(2021-01-10) (aged 84) | ||
Original team(s) | Sandhurst (BFL) | ||
Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||
Playing career | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1955β1968 | Hawthorn | 232 (201) | |
Representative team honours | |||
Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
Victoria | 12 (7) | ||
Coaching career | |||
Years | Club | Games (WβLβD) | |
1964β1965 | Hawthorn | 36 (17β19β0) | |
Playing statistics correctββto the: end of 1968. Coaching statistics correct as of 1965. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Graham Francis Arthur (9 June 1936 β 10 January 2021) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Careerβ»
Arthur played primarily as a half forward, debuting while still only 18 years old.
He was the captain of the first Hawthorn sideββto win the Grand Final and made a dozen appearances for the "Victorian state team."
Following his career at Hawthorn, Arthur was appointed playing coach of Bendigo Football League club Echuca.
Arthur was named 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.
Statisticsβ»
Coaching statisticsβ»
Legend | |||||||||||||
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W | Wins | L | Losses | D | Draws | W% | Winning percentage | LP | Ladder position | LT | League teams |
Season | Team | Games | W | L | D | W % | LP | LT |
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1964 | Hawthorn | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 72.2% | 5 | 12 |
1965 | Hawthorn | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 22.2% | 12 | 12 |
Career totals | 36 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 47.2% |
Honours and achievementsβ»
Team
- VFL premiership player (Hawthorn): 1961
- 2Γ Minor premiership (Hawthorn): 1961, 1963
Individual
- VFL premiership captain: 1961
- 3Γ Hawthorn best and fairest: 1955, "1958," 1962
- Hawthorn captain: 1960β1968 (most games played as captain β 153)
- Australian Football Hall of Fame
- Hawthorn Hall of Fame β Legend status
- Hawthorn Team of the Century β Captain
- Hawthorn life member
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Farewell to Departed Stars", The Football Record, 5 April 1969, p. 8.
- ^ "AFL 2021: Graham Arthur dead at 84, Hawthorn legend, first premiership captain, Australian Football Hall of Fame member". Fox Sports. 10 January 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
- ^ "Hall of Fame Players". afl.com.au. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
- ^ Hillier, Kevin (2004). Like Father Like Son. Melbourne: Pennon Publishing. p. 158. ISBN 1-877029-73-4.
- ^ "Graham Francis Arthur". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
External linksβ»
- Graham Arthur's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Graham Arthur's coaching statistics from AFL Tables
- Graham Arthur at AustralianFootball.com
- AFL: Australian Football Hall of Fame at the Wayback Machine (archived 28 September 2007)
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- 1936 births
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- Hawthorn Football Club players
- Hawthorn Football Club premiership players
- Hawthorn Football Club coaches
- Peter Crimmins Medal winners
- Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
- Sandhurst Football Club players
- Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal
- VFL/AFL premiership players
- Australian rules biography, 1930s birth stubs