Graham Francis Arthur (9 June 1936 – 10 January 2021) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Career
Arthur played primarily as a half forward, debuting while still only 18 years old.
He was the captain of the first Hawthorn side to win the Grand Final and made a dozen appearances for the Victorian state team.
Following his career at Hawthorn, Arthur was appointed playing coach of Bendigo Football League club Echuca.
Arthur was named captain of Hawthorn's official Team of the Century.
Arthur was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in the initial intake in 1996, his citation reading: Hawthorn's first premiership captain was a brilliant half-forward flanker/centreman.
Arthur's father Alan Arthur played for Essendon.
On 24 October 2000, Arthur was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for his contribution to Australian football.
Statistics
Coaching statistics
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" | 1964 || | 18 || 13 || 5 || 0 || 72.2% || 5 || 12 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" | 1965 || | 18 || 4 || 14 || 0 || 22.2% || 12 || 12 |- class="sortbottom" ! colspan=2| Career totals ! 36 !! 17 !! 19 !! 0 !! 47.2% ! colspan=2| |}
Honours and achievements
Team
VFL premiership player (): 1961
2× Minor premiership (): 1961, 1963
Individual
VFL premiership captain: 1961
3× Hawthorn best and fairest: 1955, 1958, 1962
Hawthorn captain: 1960–1968 (most games played as captain – 153) Australian Football Hall of Fame Hawthorn Hall of Fame – Legend status Hawthorn Team of the Century – Captain Hawthorn life member
References
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1936 births
2021 deaths
Hawthorn Football Club players
Hawthorn Football Club premiership players
Hawthorn Football Club coaches
Peter Crimmins Medal winners
Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Sandhurst Football Club players Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal VFL/AFL premiership players