Jaymie Graham

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Jaymie Graham
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Personal information
Full name Jaymie Wayne Graham
Date of birth (1983-02-06) 6 February 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth Kalgoorlie
Original team(s) Mines Rovers Football Club (GFL)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2005–2008 West Coast 37 (13)
Representative team honours
YearsTeamGames (Goals)
2009 Western Australia 1 (0)
Coaching career
YearsClubGames (W–L–D)
2018 West Coast 1 (1-0–0)
2022 Fremantle 2 (2-0–0)
Total3 (3–0–0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2008.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Jaymie Wayne Graham (born 6 February 1983) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Originally from Kalgoorlie, where he played for the Mines Rovers Football Club, Graham joined WAFL club South Fremantle in 2002. He was drafted into the AFL by the Eagles with the 40th selection in the 2004 AFL Rookie draft. He was elevated from the West Coast Eagles rookie list in 2005 and made his debut for the club in Round 3 of that year against Fremantle.

In the 2006 season Graham emerged as a key fixture in the West Coast Eagles backline and was named the Eagles best rookie for the year. [1] He played in 24 games, missing only one game, the 2006 AFL Grand Final, making way for David Wirrpanda who was coming back from injury. [2] He has also, on occasion, been moved forward and has kicked 13 goals in his 37 games. Graham won a grand final with WAFL club side South Fremantle in 2005, when they defeated the Claremont Tigers.

Graham only played 5 games in 2007, struggling to overcome injury and a form slump. At the conclusion of the 2008 season he retired from the AFL, citing personal reasons. [3]

He continued to play for South Fremantle, playing mainly as a ruckman. However, after playing all 22 games in 2009, including the victorious 2009 WAFL Grand Final, his 2010 and 2011 seasons were both hampered by serious knee injuries. In 2010 he ruptured his posterior cruciate ligament, which prevented him from playing in the second half of the season. Despite this setback, he was named as captain of South Fremantle for the 2011 season. [4] After playing his 100th game for South Fremantle in the opening round of the 2011 WAFL season, in Round 7 Graham had his leg trapped under an oncoming player and badly dislocated his kneecap and ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament, forcing his retirement from the sport. [5]

In Round 2, 2018, Graham served as caretaker coach of the West Coast Eagles after regular coach Adam Simpson was forced to return to Perth due to a family health drama. [6]

Prior to the 2022 AFL season, Graham switched to become an assistant coach of the Fremantle Football Club. [7] He was appointed as the replacement head coach for the round 3 Western Derby against the Eagles, when head coach Justin Longmuir was forced to isolate at home after being declared a Covid close contact. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Judd named Eagles' best
  2. ↑ "Worsfold defends Graham axing". The Sydney Morning Herald . 30 September 2006. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012.
  3. ↑ Quayle, Emma (14 December 2008). "The blood rule". The Age . Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  4. ↑ Graham raring to go for Doggies
  5. ↑ Graham injury sours Bulldogs win
  6. ↑ Coach out of Dogs clash after daughter's illness
  7. ↑ "Freo poach Eagles coach to fix forward line woes". PerthNow. 29 September 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  8. ↑ "Dockers coach to miss crunch derby with ex-Eagles boss to step in". Fox Sports. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
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