Graham Cornes | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Graham Studley Cornes OAM | ||
Date of birth | 31 March 1948 | ||
Place of birth | Melbourne, Victoria | ||
Height | 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Ruck Rover, Centre half-forward | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1967–82 | Glenelg | 317 (339) | |
1979 | North Melbourne | 5 (10) | |
1983–84 | South Adelaide | 47 (42) | |
Total | 369 (391) | ||
Representative team honours | |||
Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
South Australia | 21 (?) | ||
Coaching career | |||
Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
1983–84 | South Adelaide | 46 (25–21–0) | |
1985–90 | Glenelg | 149 (94–54–1) | |
1986–1999 | South Australia | 11 (9–2–0) | |
1991–94 | Adelaide | 89 (43–45–1) | |
Total | 395 (171–122–2) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1994. | |||
Career highlights | |||
SANFL
Representative
Overall
Coaching
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Graham Studley Cornes OAM (born 31 March 1948 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a former Australian rules footballer and coach, as well as a media personality. From 1995 until early 2013, Cornes co-hosted a weekday drivetime sports program that he hosts on Adelaide radio station 5AA, first with Ken "KG" Cunningham and, following Cunningham's retirement in 2008, with Stephen Rowe. In 2012 he was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.[1]
Cornes is also a Vietnam veteran, having served as an infantry soldier with the 7th Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment in 1968.