Caleb Graham (born 12 September 2000) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
| Caleb Graham | |||
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 Graham playing for Gold Coast in May 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Caleb Graham | ||
| Nickname(s) | Crab | ||
| Date of birth | 12 September 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Cairns, Queensland | ||
| Original team(s) | Palm Beach Currumbin (QAFL) | ||
| Draft | No. 71, 2018 national draft | ||
| Height | 195 cm (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Weight | 92 kg (203 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Gold Coast | ||
| Number | 46 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2019– | Gold Coast | 25 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 3, 2022. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Early life edit
Graham was born and raised in Cairns, Queensland.[1] He began playing junior football for the North Cairns Tigers at five years of age.[2] Graham later switched to the Cairns Saints and was placed in the Gold Coast Suns Academy as a teenager. At the start of 2016, he relocated with his family to the Gold Coast where he started playing locally for the Palm Beach Currumbin Australian Football Club and attended Palm Beach Currumbin State High School.[3] While at Palm Beach Currumbin he played in back-to-back QAFL senior premierships,[4] including playing on former AFL Premiership forward Barry Hall at 17 years and 10 days of age in the 2017 QAFL Grand Final.[5]
In November 2018, he was drafted by the Gold Coast Football Club with pick 71 in the AFL draft.[6]
AFL career edit
Graham made his AFL debut at 18 years of age in Round 21 of the 2019 AFL season, which also happened to be QClash18 against the Brisbane Lions.[7]
Statistics edit
- 'Statistics are correct to the end of round 3, 2022[8]
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks | H/O | Hit-outs |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | H/O | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | H/O | |||||
| 2019 | Gold Coast | 46 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 17 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 11.7 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 0.0 | |
| 2020[a] | Gold Coast | 46 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 14 | 50 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 2.0 | 7.1 | 3.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | |
| 2021 | Gold Coast | 46 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 33 | 85 | 42 | 8 | 82 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 4.3 | 2.8 | 7.1 | 3.5 | 0.7 | 6.8 | |
| 2022 | Gold Coast | 46 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 4.7 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | |
| Career | 25 | 0 | 1 | 113 | 71 | 184 | 81 | 15 | 82 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 7.4 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 3.3 | |||
- ^ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
References edit
- ^ "AFL Round 22: Caleb Graham". AFL Queensland. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ^ "Caleb Graham describes the moment he was drafted by the Gold Coast Suns". Gold Coast Bulletin. 23 November 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ^ "Gold Coast Suns' Caleb Graham pays tribute to Palm Beach Currumbin following drafting". Cairns Post. 3 December 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ^ "Gold Coast Suns' Caleb continues run of success for Far North". AFL Cairns. 26 November 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ^ "2017 QAFL Grand Final Palm Beach Currumbin V Labrador". AFL Queensland. 23 September 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ^ "Crab in debut with Cairns crew". Cairns Post. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ^ "Cairns Saints junior Caleb Graham signs long term deal with the Gold Coast Suns". Cairns Post. 15 August 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ "Caleb Graham". AFLTables. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
External links edit
- Caleb Graham's profile on the official website of the Gold Coast Football Club
- Caleb Graham's playing statistics from AFL Tables