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Key Facts

Full name
Graham Jacobs

Known as
Graham Jacobs

Born
22 November 1940 (age 83)

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 18y 147d
Last game: 22y 289d

Height and weight
Height: 170 cm
Weight: 67 kg

Senior clubs
Richmond

Jumper numbers
Richmond: 16

Graham Jacobs

Advanced stats
ClubLeagueCareer spanGamesGoalsAvgWin %AKIAHBAMKBV
RichmondV/AFL1959-196350501.0024%———3
Total1959-196350501.0024%———3

AFL: 6,990th player to appear, 4,312th most games played, 2,046th most goals kickedRichmond: 594th player to appear, 311th most games played, 153rd most goals kicked

Having worked his way up from Richmond’s thirds, at which level he was a premiership player in 1958, Graham Jacob s took his senior VFL bows in 1959. A highly determined rover and small forward, he played 50 games and booted 50 goals for the Tigers over the course of his five season stint with the club. He later made 11 appearances and scored 20 goals in the TANFL for Clarence, spent the 1965 season with Echuca, and rounded off his playing career with 53 games and 72 goals for WANFL side West Perth between 1966 and 1968.

Author - John Devaney

Sources

Full Points Publications

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.