Graeme Gahan

Australian rules footballer and coach (1942–2018)

Australian rules footballer

Graeme Gahan

Personal information
Full name|  Graeme Arthur Gahan
Date of birth|  (1942-01-10)10 January 1942
Date of death|  23 February 2018(2018-02-23) (aged 76)[1]
Original team(s)|  Richmond Thirds
Height|  185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight|  86 kg (190 lb)
Position(s)|  Defender
Playing career1
Years|  Club|  Games (Goals)
1959–66|  Richmond|  89 (7)

1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1966.

Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Graeme Arthur Gahan (10 January 1942 – 23 February 2018) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Used mostly as a half back, Gahan spent eight seasons at Richmond.[2] He moved to Tasmania in 1967, captain-coaching Scottsdale. An Orchard Trophy winner in his first year, Gahan steered Scottsdale to a Northern Tasmanian Football Association premiership in 1968. The following season he crossed to Glenorchy as coach and they finished fifth in both of his years in charge.

Gahan, who was also a professional sprinter,[3] was later a successful coach with Warragul in the Latrobe Valley Football League.

## References

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1. ^ "Herald Sun Tributes".
2. ^ "Graeme Gahan". AFL Tables.
3. ^ The Age, "John McCracken in Brilliant Win", 1 March 1965, p. 14