Graeme Chalmers (born 29 June 1944) is a former
Australian rules footballer who played for
Footscray in the
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...
(VFL) during the 1960s.
Chalmers was used as a wingman by Footscray in his seven seasons. He kicked two goals on his league debut, at
Western Oval
Whitten Oval (also known as Victoria University Whitten Oval under a naming rights agreement) is a stadium in the inner-western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in Barkly Street, West Footscray. It is the training and administ ...
, in a win over South Melbourne, to spoil Bob Skilton's 100th game. In 1967, Chalmers toured Ireland as part of the
Australian Football World Tour
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First tour
The first ...
.
He retired from football at just 23 to join the
Royal Australian Air Force
"Through Adversity to the Stars"
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and served with the RAAF in Vietnam as a
Iroquois Helicopter
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pilot. He subsequently had a long military flying career, including a tour with the Australian Army as a
Chinook Helicopter
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instructor pilot.
He was past president of the
No 9 Squadron RAAF Association.
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*Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Foot''e: Bas PubAishing.
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1944 births
Living people
Western Bulldogs players
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
Australian military personnel of the Vietnam War
Royal Australian Air Force personnel