Graham Diggle

Graham Diggle (13 March 1889 – 31 May 1971) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[2]

Graham Diggle
Diggle in 1914
Personal information
Full name	Graham Diggle
Born	(1889-03-13)13 March 1889 Flemington, Victoria
Died	31 May 1971(1971-05-31) (aged 82) Seymour, Victoria
Original team	Euroa
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1907–09	Collingwood (VFL)	13 (1)
1912–15, 1919	Essendon A (VFA)	47 (49)
1920–24	Seymour (WNEFA)[1]
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1919.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The son of George Diggle (1860-1938), an undertaker,^[3] and Lucy Diggle (1870-1946), née Bird,^[4] Graham Diggle was born at Flemington, Victoria on 13 March 1889.

He married Agnes Mary Smith (1886-1959) on 11 April 1914.^[5]

Seymour Racecourse Land Bill
Victorian Legislative Council Debate (10 May 1966).

The Hon. D.G. Elliott.—
I remember that a member of a committee of the Seymour Football
Club, which played in the Waranga-North-East League, was an ex-
Collingwood footballer, Graham Diggle. Apart from being a builder,
Mr. Diggle was also the local undertaker. There was a famous
phrase in the Waranga area, "When it ceases to wriggle, you take
it to Diggle." If he is still living in the area, I hope members who
represent it will pass on our kind regards to Mr. Diggle, who in his
day was a great ruckman.
      (Parliament of Victoria, Hansard).^[6]

Football

Collingwood VFL)

Recruited from the Euroa Football Club in the Euroa District Football League (EDFL), he played 13 games for Collingwood's First XVIII over three seasons: 9 games in 1907; 2 games in 1908; and 2 games in 1909.

Euroa (EDFL)

Released by Collingwood in May 1909, he returned to the Euroa Football Club.^[7]

Essendon A (VFA)

Cleared from Collingwood to Essendon A in the VFA in July 1912,^[8] Diggle played in 44 First XVIII matches for Essendon from 1912 to 1915, and 3 games in the post-war VFA competition in 1919.

Seymour (WNEFA)

From 1920 to 1924, he was captain-coach of the Seymour Football Club in the Waranga North East Football Association. The team won two premierships in Diggle's time as coach: in 1920, and in 1923 (unbeaten in the entire season).^[9]

Death

He died at Seymour, Victoria on 31 May 1971.^[10]