| Graham Diggle | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Diggle in 1914 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Graham Diggle | ||
| Date of birth | 13 March 1889 | ||
| Place of birth | Flemington, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 31 May 1971 (aged 82) | ||
| Place of death | Seymour, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Euroa | ||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1907–09 | Collingwood (VFL) | 13 (1) | |
| 1912–15, 1919 | Essendon A (VFA) | 47 (49) | |
| 1920–24 | Seymour (WNEFA)[1] | ||
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1919. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Graham Diggle (13 March 1889 – 31 May 1971) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]
Family
The son of George Diggle (1860-1938), an undertaker,[3] and Lucy Diggle (1870-1946), née Bird,[4] Graham Diggle was born at Flemington, Victoria on 13 March 1889.
He married Agnes Mary Smith (1886-1959) on 11 April 1914.[5]
Victorian Legislative Council Debate (10 May 1966).
The Hon. D.G. Elliott.—
I remember that a member of a committee of the Seymour Football
Club, which played in the Waranga-North-East League, was an ex-
Collingwood footballer, Graham Diggle. Apart from being a builder,
Mr. Diggle was also the local undertaker. There was a famous
phrase in the Waranga area, "When it ceases to wriggle, you take
it to Diggle." If he is still living in the area, I hope members who
represent it will pass on our kind regards to Mr. Diggle, who in his
day was a great ruckman.
(Parliament of Victoria, Hansard).[6]
Football
Collingwood VFL)
Recruited from the Euroa Football Club in the Euroa District Football League (EDFL), he played 13 games for Collingwood's First XVIII over three seasons: 9 games in 1907; 2 games in 1908; and 2 games in 1909.
Euroa (EDFL)
Released by Collingwood in May 1909, he returned to the Euroa Football Club.[7]
Essendon A (VFA)
Cleared from Collingwood to Essendon A in the VFA in July 1912,[8] Diggle played in 44 First XVIII matches for Essendon from 1912 to 1915, and 3 games in the post-war VFA competition in 1919.
Seymour (WNEFA)
From 1920 to 1924, he was captain-coach of the Seymour Football Club in the Waranga North East Football Association. The team won two premierships in Diggle's time as coach: in 1920, and in 1923 (unbeaten in the entire season).[9]
Death
He died at Seymour, Victoria on 31 May 1971.[10]
Notes
- ↑ All Seymour Football Club records prior to 1923 were destroyed in the May 1974 floods.
- ↑ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.227.
- ↑ Car's Plunge into Creek, The Benalla Ensign, (Friday, 22 April 1938), p.3; Deaths: Diggle, The Age, (Wednesday, 20 April 1938), p.1.
- ↑ Deaths: Diggle, The Age, (Thursday, 3 January 1946), p.6.
- ↑ Wedding: Diggle—Smith, The Euroa Advertiser (Friday, 17 April 1914), p.5.
- ↑ Parliament of Victoria, Hansard (5 May 1966—11 May 1966), p.4121.
- ↑ Meeting of the Association, The Benalla Standard, (Friday, 28 May 1909), p.3.
- ↑ Football: The League: Permit Applications, The Argus, (Thursday, 4 July 1912), p.4.
- ↑ Seymour Football Club, at australianfootball.com.
- ↑ Deaths: Diggle, The Age, (Tuesday, 1 June 1971), p.24.
References
- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
External links
- Graham Diggle's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Graham Diggle at AustralianFootball.com
- Graham Diggle at The VFA Project.
- Graham Diggle's profile at Collingwood Forever