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Key Facts

Full name
Graeme Johnston

Known as
Graeme Johnston

Born
20 May 1942 (age 81)

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 19y 343d
Last game: 25y 21d

Height and weight
Height: 178 cm
Weight: 71 kg

Senior clubs
Essendon

Jumper numbers
Essendon: 16

Graeme Johnston

Advanced stats
ClubLeagueCareer spanGamesGoalsAvgWin %AKIAHBAMKBV
EssendonV/AFL1962-196771340.4872%8.290.761.644
Total1962-196771340.4872%8.290.761.644

Pre 1965 stats are for selected matches only

AFL: 7,353rd player to appear, 3,358th most games played, 2,727th most goals kickedEssendon: 724th player to appear, 266th most games played, 238th most goals kicked

Graeme Johnstone joined Essendon from Wesley College in 1961 and, after playing for the under nineteens he made his senior VFL debut the following year. Serviceable rather than brilliant, he was never an automatic choice for the team but had the good fortune to play in the winning grand finals of 1962 against Carlton and 1965 against St Kilda. His Essendon career comprised 70 games between 1962 and 1967 and saw him kick 33 goals.

After leaving the Bombers Johnston spent the 1968 season with Preston in the VFA and started on the bench in that season's winning first division grand final against Prahran.

Author - John Devaney

Sources

Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers by Russell Holmesby & Jim Main; Those Magnificent Men 1897-1987 by Michael Maplestone

Footnotes

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