Nicholas Graham (born 12 June 1994) 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 for the

Carlton Football Club The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's top professional competition. Founded in 1864 in Carlton, an inner suburb of Me ...

in the

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Career

Primarily a midfielder, Graham played his junior football for TEDAS in the Traralgon & District Junior Football League, and for Traralgon-Tyers United in the

North Gippsland Football League The North Gippsland Football League (NGFL) is an Australian rules football league in the Central Gippsland area of Victoria, Australia. History The NGFL was formed in 1955 through the merger of the Cowwarr Football League and the Sale Distric ...

, before playing

TAC Cup The NAB League Boys (also referred to as simply the NAB League and formerly known as the TAC Cup) is an under-19 Australian rules football representative competition held in Australia. It is based on geographic regions throughout country Vict ...

football for

Gippsland Power The Gippsland Power is an Australian rules football team in the NAB League, the top statewide under-18 competition in Victoria, Australia. Honours *Premierships (1): 2005 *Runners-up (3): 1999, 2010, 2012 *Wooden Spoons (1): 2003 *Morrish Med ...

. In 2012, Graham won the

Morrish Medal The Morrish Medal is an Australian rules football award. Formerly awarded to the best and fairest player in the VFL Under-19 competition (known as the Thirds prior to 1959), since 1992 the award has been given to the best player in the Victorian ...

as the best and fairest in the TAC Cup, as well as placing in the TAC Cup team of the year and representing Vic Country at the

AFL Under 18 Championships The AFL Under-19 Championships (for sponsorship reasons, the NAB AFL Under-19 Championships) is an annual Australian national underage representative championship in Australian rules football tournament. It is seen as one of the main pathways ...

AFL career

He was recruited to the

by the

with its third round selection in the 2012 AFL National Draft (pick No. 54 overall). Graham made his senior AFL debut in round 21, 2013. He was delisted at the end of the 2018 season. Graham currently holds the record for most-dropped player in VFL/AFL history, having over the course of his career been dropped from the best twenty-two twenty-two times.

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* * Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) 1994 births Living people Carlton Football Club players Preston Football Club (VFA) players Gippsland Power players {{AFL-bio-1990s-stub