Graham Dempster
| Graham Dempster | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Graham Dempster | ||
| Date of birth | 14 January 1955 | ||
| Original team(s) |
VFA ) | ||
| Height | 192 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1972–1979 | South Melbourne | 64 (24) | |
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1979. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Graham Dempster (born 14 January 1955) is a former
Victorian Football League
(VFL) during the 1970s.
Recruited from
Western Oval in 1977, having also kicked four goals the previous week.[1] His last game of the year was an elimination final, the only final he would play for South Melbourne.[1] He then ruptured a medial ligament in his knee during the opening round of the 1978 season and missed the rest of the year as a result.[2] The 1979 season was his last at South Melbourne and he played just seven games.[1]
Dempster would go on to become a premiership-winning player with Springvale and was still competing for the club in the early 1990s, captaining them in 1991.
He is the father of Sydney and
Father-Son Rule.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d AFL Tables: Graham Dempster
- ^ The Age,"Graham back - in June?", 6 April 1978, p. 32
- ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.