Graeme Bond

For other people with the same name, see Graham Bond (disambiguation).

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.

Graeme Bond
Personal information
Date of birth	(1949-11-27) 27 November 1949 (age 75)
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	056 (28)
Total		171 (89)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1980.
Career highlights
Richmond Premiership Player 1969
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

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

Richmond (VFL)

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)

He played 8 games for Dandenong (kicking 22 goals) in 1973.^[7][8]

St Kilda (VFL)

He played for St Kilda from mid-1977 until 1980 for the St Kilda Football Club.

Frankston (VFA)

He played 7 games for Frankston (kicking 9 goals) in 1981.^[9]

Athlete

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

In 1989 he joined 3AW as a football commentator and now mainly acts as an analyser of football statistics.

Notes

1. Ray Bond, at Demonwiki.
2. Ray S. Bond, at The VFA Project.
3. World War Two Nominal Roll: Sergeant Ray Salmond Bond (VX141821), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
4. Engagements, The Argus, (Saturday, 4 October 1941), p.6.
5. Wedding Dates, The Argus, (Wednesday, 11 February 1942), p.5.
6. Births: Bond, The Argus, (Tuesday, 29 November 1949), p.12.
7. Holland, J., "Tigers Clear Bond", The Age, (Wednesday, 20 June 1973), p.26.
8. Holland, J., "Seagulls hold Miller, but Flaherty shines", The Age, (Monday, 25 June 1973), p.20.
9. Fiddian, M., "Dolphins are sunk", The Age, (Monday, 31 August 1981), p.27.
10. Hogan (1996), p.22.
11. Fox wins at Dandenong, The Age, (Monday, 18 December 1967), p.27.
12. 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

• Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996

External links

• Graeme Bond's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Graeme Bond at AustralianFootball.com
• Graeme Bond, at The VFA Project.
• "Graeme Bond". Tigerland Archive.