Graham Moss

Infobox afl player | firstname = Graham
lastname = Moss




birthdate = 14 May 1950
birthplace =
originalteam = Claremont Football Club (WAFL)
dead = alive
deathdate =
deathplace =
debutdate = VFL 1973
debutteam = Essendon (VFL)
debutopponent =
debutstadium =
playingteams = Claremont (1969-1972;1977-1983)
* 254 games
Essendon (1973-1976)
*84 games, 67 goals
coach = coach
coachingteams = Claremont (1977-1986)
statsend = 2005
careerhighlights =
* Claremont Fairest and Best 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980
* Claremont Captain/Coach 1977-1983
* Premiership Captain/Coach 1981
* Non playing Claremont Coach 1984-1986
* Essendon Best and Fairest 1974, 1975, 1976
* Essendon Captain 1976
*Brownlow Medal 1976
* Western Australia Representative 20 matches
* Victoria Representative 15 matches

Graham Moss (born 14 May 1950) is a former Australian rules footballer and coach, who was highly successful in both the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and the (then) Victorian Football League (VFL). He was a Brownlow Medal-winning ruckman and played 343 senior games in the WAFL and VFL.

Moss debuted for Claremont Football Club in the WAFL in 1969. In 1970, he made his debut for the Western Australian state team.

Essendon attempted to lure him to Melbourne several times, and finally succeeded before the 1973 season. Moss played 89 games for Essendon, winning the club best and fairest three times, in 1974-76. He also represented Victoria 15 times. In 1976, he captained Essendon and won the Browlow, but also suffered a serious knee injury.

He was appointed captain-coach by Claremont in 1977, and commented that his return from Essendon to Claremont was made easy by the fact the VFL and WAFL were of a similar standard at the time. [http://www.australianrules.com.au/2006stories/hallfame2006.html] That same year he won the Simpson Medal, while playing for Western Australia in the first ever State of Origin game, against Victoria. Moss led Claremont to a premiership, their first in 17 years, in 1981. He ceased playing in 1984 and retired as coach in 1986.

The Graham Moss Medal has been awarded to the best on ground in WAFL State of Origin matches from 1995.

In 1996, Moss was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame. In 2004, he was inducted into the West Australian Football Hall of Fame and elevated to the status of "Legend" in 2006.

External links

* [http://www.essendonfc.com.au/champions/profile.asp?ID=44 Graham Moss at the Essendon FC's site]
* [http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/m.htm#Graham%20Moss%20(Claremont%20&%20Essendon) Full Points Footy Bio]
* [http://www.afl.com.au/Season2007/Awards/HallofFame/Players/tabid/856/Default.aspx AFL Hall of Fame site]

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