Australian Football

Originally from Swansea, on Tasmania's east coast, Des Graham joined North Hobart in 1957 and went on to play a total of 229 games for the club, including four winning Grand Finals, over the course of the ensuing 15 years. Quietly spoken off the field, he belied this with his tough, hard-as-nails approach on it, and his final tally of league appearances would have been much higher had it not been for several enforced 'holidays' courtesy of the tribunal.

In the year 2000, Des Graham was selected as a member of North Hobart's official 'Team of the Twentieth Century'.

Author - John Devaney