Graham Ramshaw

Who was Graham Ramshaw?

Graham Joseph Ramshaw was a leading Australian rules footballer, playing for Perth Football Club in the Western Australian Football League, Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League and Central District in the South Australian National Football League.

Born in North Fremantle, Western Australia to a long-serving Perth committee member, Ramshaw was a student at Manning Primary School and Applecross High School, and was a star junior footballer, being awarded the best player of the national State schoolboys' football carnival in Brisbane in 1959.

Ramshaw made his senior debut for Perth aged 17 in 1963 as a full forward and impressed to the extent that VFL club Fitzroy sought to recruit him for the 1964 VFL season. Perth were reluctant to clear him but, after theats from Ramshaw to step down from football, cleared him to Fitzroy just prior to the 30 June clearance deadline and Ramshaw played six games and kicked four goals for Fitzroy before returning to Perth for the 1965 season.

Ramshaw was a premiershiip player with Perth in 1966, 1967 and 1968, the first as a full forward while the latter two as a full back. Ramshaw was awarded life membership of Perth in 1972 and finished with 178 games for Perth.