Graham Cornes

Graham Cornes
Personal information
Full name Graham Studley Cornes OAM
Date of birth (1948-03-31) 31 March 1948 (age 76)
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

  • SANFL premiership: 1973
  • 3x Glenelg best and fairest
  • Glenelg Captain: 1978
  • South Adelaide playing coach: 1983–84
  • Nine times Advertiser Team of the Year
  • Glenelg Hall of Fame

Representative

Overall

Coaching

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.

  1. ^ Daffey, Paul (13 June 2012). "Commanding Cornes". Archived from the original on 19 October 2012.