Graeme "Jerker" Jenkin (born 5 September 1945) is a former

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er who played with Collingwood and

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in the VFL during the 1960s and 1970s. Jenkin is best remembered for being the player that Carlton's

Alex Jesaulenko Oleksandr "Alex" Jesaulenko ( ; uk, Олександр Васильович Єсауленко, Oleksandr Vasiliovych Yesaulenko, ; born 2 August 1945) is a former Australian rules footballer and who played for the Carlton Football Club and t ...

took a

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over in the 1970 Grand Final, prompting the famous call of " Oh, Jesaulenko, you beauty!" by commentator Mike Williamson. A ruckman, Jenkin first appeared for Collingwood in the 1963 season and, after managing just three games that year, missed all of

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with a broken leg. He returned in 1966 but couldn't break into their finals side, and, with first-choice ruckman

Ray Gabelich Raymond Thomas Gabelich (3 July 1933 – 18 July 2000) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family The son of John (1902–1988) and Elizabeth Nina "Bessie" Gabelich, n� ...

retiring that year, he looked like getting more regular game time. However, the emergence of

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again relegated him to secondary ruckman, but he played full seasons in

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and

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. In

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, he was traded to Essendon in a swap for

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but struggled in his time there with injury. In July 1976, he transferred to Brunswick in the

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. He is the subject of a song by the Melbourne group

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titled "The Back Upon Which Jezza Jumped", included on the album ''

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''.

References

*Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jenkin, Graeme 1945 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Brunswick Football Club players Collingwood Football Club players Essendon Football Club players Living people