Past R I P Graeme John

[bedford]

Sad news with the passing of Graeme a truly great Swan , HOF , All Australian in 66 .
The only person in VFL/AFL that was a player , coach and President , having known him back in the day he was a kind and generous person.
Too much to tell . Could some kind person please put up the story on the Swans website .

 

[tombomb]

Sad news with the passing of Graeme a truly great Swan , HOF , All Australian in 66 .
The only person in VFL/AFL that was a player , coach and President , having known him back in the day he was a kind and generous person.
Too much to tell . Could some kind person please put up the story on the Swans website .

Vale Graeme John

We would like to pay tribute to past player and Swans Hall of Fame member Graeme John, who has died at the age of 80.

www.sydneyswans.com.au

 

[bedford]

Vale Graeme John

We would like to pay tribute to past player and Swans Hall of Fame member Graeme John, who has died at the age of 80.

www.sydneyswans.com.au

Thank you so much for putting this up , he was a true great of the club

 

[MF]

RIP.

Didn't know much about him personally. My father and Grandfather would tell me all about Bedford, Teasdale, Skilton etc but can't remember them talking about him. Sounds like he was pretty talented on and off the field and becoming a senior coach at 29 is pretty remarkable.

Also stepped into the presidency at a pretty rough time in the clubs history.

 

[bedford]

And would've played high grade cricket as well

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

I am truly shocked at this news.

GJ was a wonderful player for us. He was a classical sticky fingered marking CHF. He was an iffy kick but every now and then would then would shock us with a massive drop kick.

I have many memories of him, including that he was a good bloke. Black armbands on Friday night and I hope Harry C who wears his old number iirc has a blinder.

 

[Neverwas]

Sad to see that he is gone. I had a fair bit to do with him as a teenager who spent a lot of time in the rooms after games. He took our losses hard and from his personal point of view its good that he didn't coach longer. We just didn't have the players and he was doing the job along with his other work.

He was an absolutely A1 human being with an extraordinary knowledge and IQ.


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