Graeme Joslin
Footscray
AFL career
24 games0 goals
- Debut
- R1 1969 v FIT7 Apr 1969
- Most recent
- R22 1971 v STK28 Aug 1971
Stats
Bio
Recruited from University High School Old Boys, Graeme Joslin was a talented dual-sportsman whose VFL career was often juggled alongside his role as captain of the Australian Under-19 cricket team. He found his best form as a half-back flanker during the 1970 season, playing 18 games and featuring in Footscray’s Night Premiership victory, though his 1969 debut in Ted Whitten’s 300th game had been soured by a broken scaphoid that kept him in plaster for 22 weeks. His time at the Western Oval ended abruptly at just 21 years of age, a departure Joslin later attributed to a misunderstanding over a traffic infringement and the lure of significantly higher match payments to captain-coach Deniliquin in the country. He later returned to the sport as a long-serving journalist, writing for the Herald Sun and covering the Bulldogs for local papers.
Profile
- Born
- 30 June 1950 (age 76y 114d)
- Height
- 183 cm
- Weight
- 86 kg
Teams
Bio
1 revisionRecruited from University High School Old Boys, Graeme Joslin was a talented dual-sportsman whose VFL career was often juggled alongside his role as captain of the Australian Under-19 cricket team. He found his best form as a half-back flanker during the 1970 season, playing 18 games and featuring in Footscray’s Night Premiership victory, though his 1969 debut in Ted Whitten’s 300th game had been soured by a broken scaphoid that kept him in plaster for 22 weeks. His time at the Western Oval ended abruptly at just 21 years of age, a departure Joslin later attributed to a misunderstanding over a traffic infringement and the lure of significantly higher match payments to captain-coach Deniliquin in the country. He later returned to the sport as a long-serving journalist, writing for the Herald Sun and covering the Bulldogs for local papers.