Graeme Bond
| Graeme Bond | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Date of birth | 27 November 1949 | ||
| Place of birth |
St Omer Private Hospital, Camberwell, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Burwood United Juniors | ||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1967–1977 | Richmond | 115 (61) | |
| 1977–1980 | St Kilda | 56 (28) | |
| Total | 171 (89) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1980. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Graeme Bond (born 27 November 1949) is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL for both the Richmond Football Club and the St Kilda Football Club.
Family
[edit]The son of Ray Salmond Bond (1918-2010),[1][2][3] and Lily Pauline Bond (1916-2003), née Bedford,[4][5] Graeme Bond was born at the St Omer Private Hospital, in Prospect Hill Road, Camberwell, Victoria on 27 November 1949.[6]
Footballer
[edit]Richmond (VFL)
[edit]Having begun playing with the Richmond Third XVIII in 1966, and the Richmond Second XVIII in 1967, he played with the Richmond First XVII in two separate stints: between 1967 and 1973, and between 1975 and 1977. Altogether he played in 201 games for the Richmond Football Club: Thirds, 17 games; Seconds, 69 games; and Firsts, 115 games.
Dandenong (VFA)
[edit]He played 8 games for Dandenong (kicking 22 goals) in 1973.[7][8]
St Kilda (VFL)
[edit]He played for St Kilda from mid-1977 until 1980 for the St Kilda Football Club.
Frankston (VFA)
[edit]He played 7 games for Frankston (kicking 9 goals) in 1981.[9]
Athlete
[edit]An accomplished professional sprinter and winner of the Dandenong, Leongatha, and Maryborough Gifts.[10] He finished second in the (130 yards) Dandenong Gift on Sunday, 17 December 1967,[11] the day that Australian Prime Minister, Harold Holt, disappeared while swimming at Cheviot Beach.[12]
Post-football
[edit]In 1989 he joined 3AW as a football commentator and now mainly acts as an analyser of football statistics.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Ray Bond, at Demonwiki.
- ^ Ray S. Bond, at The VFA Project.
- ^ World War Two Nominal Roll: Sergeant Ray Salmond Bond (VX141821), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
- ^ Engagements, The Argus, (Saturday, 4 October 1941), p.6.
- ^ Wedding Dates, The Argus, (Wednesday, 11 February 1942), p.5.
- ^ Births: Bond, The Argus, (Tuesday, 29 November 1949), p.12.
- ^ Holland, J., "Tigers Clear Bond", The Age, (Wednesday, 20 June 1973), p.26.
- ^ Holland, J., "Seagulls hold Miller, but Flaherty shines", The Age, (Monday, 25 June 1973), p.20.
- ^ Fiddian, M., "Dolphins are sunk", The Age, (Monday, 31 August 1981), p.27.
- ^ Hogan (1996), p.22.
- ^ Fox wins at Dandenong, The Age, (Monday, 18 December 1967), p.27.
- ^ On that Sunday afternoon, the live, direct to Melbourne, early-afternoon television coverage of the Dandenong Gift meeting was suddenly interrupted by a "title card" displaying the text "News Flash" with a voice behind it announcing that there was a breaking story, of national importance, involving the prime minister -- which may well have been the first-ever such "News Flash" on Victorian television.
References
[edit]- Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996
External links
[edit]- Graeme Bond's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Graeme Bond at AustralianFootball.com
- Graeme Bond, at The VFA Project.
- "Graeme Bond". Tigerland Archive.
