Ian Graham (born 5 January 1943) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood 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. His best season came in 1964 when he won the

Copeland Trophy The E.W. Copeland Trophy is an Australian rules football award given by the Collingwood Football Club to the player adjudged best and fairest for Collingwood during the year. The Copeland Shield, as it was formerly known, was donated by Ern Cope ...

for Collingwood's Best and Fairest player. He finished the year by playing the

Grand Final Primarily in Australian sports, a grand final (sometimes colloquially abbreviated to "grannie") is a game that decides a sports league's premiership (or championship) winning team, i.e. the conclusive game of a finals (or play-off) series. S ...

against Melbourne. In that game he kicked 1 goal, however Collingwood proceeded to lose the final by 4 points. He kicked 42 goals for the season, only bettered in 1966 when he managed 58 goals.

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* 1943 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Collingwood Football Club players Copeland Trophy winners University Blacks Football Club players Tongala Football Club players Living people {{AFL-bio-1940s-stub