Graham Dunscombe

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Fullname Graham Dunscombe
Date of birth (1924-07-07)7 July 1924
Place of birth Thornbury, Victoria
Date of death 13 September 2020(2020-09-13) (aged 96)[1]
Graham Dunscombe
Personal information
Full name Graham Dunscombe
Date of birth (1924-07-07)7 July 1924
Place of birth Thornbury, Victoria
Date of death 13 September 2020(2020-09-13) (aged 96)[1]
Original team(s) Sandringham
Height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1946–47 Sandringham (VFA) 3 (0)
1947 North Melbourne 5 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1947.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Graham Dunscombe (7 July 1924 – 13 September 2020) was an Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

The son of Charles Ernest Kingsman Dunscombe (1891–1978),[2][3] and Rose Susannah Dunscombe (1892–1984), née Graham, Graham Dunscombe was born at Thornbury, Victoria on 7 July 1924.[4]

He married Phyllis Ida "Peggy" Stewart in 1954, and they had two children, Roger, and Pamela.[5][6][7]

Military service

Prior to his football career, Dunscombe served in Papua New Guinea with the Australian Army during World War II.[8]

Football

Originally from Victorian Football Association (VFA) club Sandringham, Dunscombe made five appearances for North Melbourne in the 1947 VFL season before returning to the VFA.

He coached Moorabbin to the VFA premiership in 1963, after replacing Bob Wilkie as coach mid-season. From 1965 to 1967, Dunscombe coached VFA club Prahran, taking them to a Division 2 premiership in 1966; then from 1968 to 1968 coached the VFA's Mordialloc.[9]

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