Cecil Graham

Cecil Wallace Graham (1911–1994) was an Australian rules football player in South Australia. He was also the father, grandfather, and relative of several other footballers.

Early life Cecil Wallace Graham was born in 1911, and is a descendant of Kudnarto, a Kaurna woman famous for having made legal history by being the first Aboriginal Australian woman to marry a European settler in the colony of South Australia in 1848.

Graham grew up at Point Pearce mission on the Yorke Peninsula.

He played for Central District Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).

Graham was a member of the 1983 Indigenous All-Stars team.

Personal life and death Graham married Doris May Edwards Doris, a Kaurna woman, was well-known in her own right, and her 90th birthday party was held in Adelaide Town Hall and attended by premier of South Australia Mike Rann in 2002. She was believed to be the oldest Kaurna woman still alive at that time. Her great-great-grandfather, on her mother's side was Thomas Adams, who married Kudnarto.

Family Graham and Doris were the parents of Rex ("Curra"), Fred (Tonga), Bradley Graham (the oldest three sons), and also well-known Sturt footballer Michael Graham. All of the boys played football.

Graham and his wife Doris wrote about their family history in As We've Known It: 1911 to the Present,

Phil and Brenton's sister Debra is the mother of AFL premiership players Troy Bond and Shane Bond.

In 2003, there was a Cecil Graham coaching Glandore Football Club, in division four amateur football, who had played for Sturt Football Club.

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