Graham Dunscombe
{{Short description|Australian rules footballer (1924–2020)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2011}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Graham Dunscombe
| image =
| fullname = Graham Dunscombe
| birth_date = {{birth date|1924|7|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = Thornbury, Victoria
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|9|13|1924|7|7|df=y}}{{cite news |title=Death notices |work=The Age |date=15 September 2020}}
| death_place =
| originalteam = Sandringham
| height = 168 cm
| weight = 72 kg
| position =
| statsend = 1947
| years1 = 1946–47
| club1 = Sandringham (VFA)
| games_goals1 = 3 (0)
| years2 = 1947
| club2 = North Melbourne
| games_goals2 = 5 (1)
| careerhighlights =
}}
Graham Dunscombe (7 July 1924 – 13 September 2020) was an Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Family
The son of Charles Ernest Kingsman Dunscombe (1891–1978),[https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=86279 Sapper Charles Ernest Dunscombe (21102), The AIF Project, UNSW Australia.][https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/NAAMedia/ViewPDF.aspx?B=3529200&D=D World War One Service Record: Sapper Charles Ernest Dunscombe (21102), National Archives of Australia.] and Rose Susannah Dunscombe (1892–1984), née Graham, Graham Dunscombe was born at Thornbury, Victoria on 7 July 1924.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article203680222 Births: Dunscombe, The Age, (Saturday, 12 July 1924), p.5.]
He married Phyllis Ida "Peggy" Stewart in 1954, and they had two children, Roger, and Pamela.Dunscombe, Peggy, "Travelling with Children", The Australian Women's Weekly, (Wednesday, 3 August 1966), pp.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46240435 38]-[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page4936741 39].Dunscombe, Peggy, "An Asian Walkabout—Taking the Children", The Australian Women's Weekly, (Wednesday, 1 November 1966), pp.[https://nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/43200845 31]{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}-[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page4929372 32].Dunscombe, Peggy, "Simple, Grand Sicily", The Australian Women's Weekly, (Wednesday, 25 January 1967), pp.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44524309 60]-[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page4832669 61].
Military service
Prior to his football career, Dunscombe served in Papua New Guinea with the Australian Army during World War II.World War Two Nominal Roll.
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.{{cite book|last=Fiddian|first=Marc|title=The VFA – A History of the Victorian Football Association 1877 – 1995|year=2013|publisher=Melbourne Sports Books}}
Footnotes
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References
- Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
- [https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=543191&c=WW2#R World War Two Nominal Roll: Private Graham Dunscombe (VX140654), Department of Veterans' Affairs.]
- [https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=6667633&isAv=N World War Two Service Record: Private Graham Dunscombe (VX140654), National Archives of Australia.]
External links
- {{AFL Tables | G/Graham_Dunscombe }}
- {{AustralianFootball|ref=graham%2Bdunscombe/7605}}
- [http://www.thevfaproject.org/pages/Players/Dunscombe,_Graham.php Graham Dunscombe, at The VFA Project.]
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Category:Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
Category:Moorabbin Football Club coaches
Category:Moorabbin Football Club players
Category:Mordialloc Football Club coaches
Category:North Melbourne Football Club players
Category:Prahran Football Club coaches
Category:Sandringham Football Club players
Category:People from Thornbury, Victoria