Graham Leydin

Graham William Leydin (born 21 March 1940) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Nicknamed Yabbie, Leydin won a best and fairest at the Essendon Under-19s in 1958. He made 16 appearances in each of his first two seasons but played just two games in 1961. He was runner up in the 1963 Ovens & Murray Football League best and fairest award, the Morris Medal to former Collingwood premiership player, Ken Bennett.

Leydin briefly returned to Essendon in 1964 and after adding just one more game to his VFL tally, finished the season at Brunswick. His time with Brunswick included a stint as captain and ended when he joined the Doutta Stars as captain-coach in 1972. He guided the Stars to a premiership in his first year and then retired as a player, but remained as coach until 1975.

Leydin won the Wangaratta & District Cricket Association's A. Grade batting average and aggregate in 1962/63 and 1963/64.

He was a proficient cricketer in Wangaratta during the early 1960s and represented the Victorian Country Cricket League team which hosted both the Marylebone Cricket Club in Shepparton in December 1962 and South Africa at Benalla in December 1963.