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11 Facts About Graham Moss

1.

Graham Moss debuted for Claremont Football Club in the WAFL in 1969.

2.

Graham Moss has the second-highest average of Brownlow Medal votes of any player ever polled for the award.

3.

Graham Moss was appointed captain-coach by Claremont in 1977, and commented that his return from Essendon to Claremont was made easy by the fact the VFL and WANFL were of a similar standard at the time.

4.

Graham Moss led Claremont to a premiership, their first in 17 years, in 1981, and apart from the first two and last two years his tenure with the Tigers was their first period of consistent success since the days of Johnny Leonard's coaching.

5.

Graham Moss ceased playing in 1983 but returned for a few matches in 1985, and retired as coach at the end of the 1986 season to be replaced by Gerard Neesham.

6.

The Graham Moss Medal has been awarded to the best on the ground in the WAFL State of Origin matches from 1995.

7.

In 1996, Graham Moss was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.

8.

Graham Moss attended Hollywood Senior High School and later graduated with an Associateship in Civil Engineering from the West Australian Institute of Technology in 1971.

9.

Graham Moss was the inaugural chief executive officer of the West Australian Sports Centre Trust from 1986 to 2008.

10.

Graham Moss was the CEO of Tourism WA between 2008 and 2011, and is a project management consultant for Auzcorp Pty Ltd, which is a property developer and services provider to the Pilbara Region of WA.

11.

Graham Moss was honoured with Life Membership at Essendon in March 2015.