{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Graham Diggle | image = Graham Diggle 1907-1909.jpg | caption = Diggle in 1914 | fullname = Graham Diggle | birth_date = {{birth date|1889|03|13|df=y}} | birth_place = Flemington, Victoria | death_date = {{death date and age|1971|05|31|1889|03|13|df=y}} | death_place = Seymour, Victoria | originalteam = Euroa | height = 180 cm | weight = 83 kg | position = | statsend = 1919 | years1 = 1907–09 | club1 = {{AFL Col}} (VFL) | games_goals1 = 13 (1) | years2 = 1912–15, 1919 | club2 = Essendon A (VFA) | games_goals2 = 47 (49) | years3 = 1920–24 | club3 = Seymour (WNEFA)<ref>All Seymour Football Club records prior to 1923 were destroyed in the May 1974 floods.</ref> | games_goals3 = | careerhighlights = }} '''Graham Diggle''' (13 March 1889 – 31 May 1971) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).<ref>Holmesby & Main (2014), p.227.</ref>

==Family== The son of George Diggle (1860-1938), an undertaker,<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65964562 Car's Plunge into Creek, ''The Benalla Ensign'', (Friday, 22 April 1938), p.3]; [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205920221 Deaths: Diggle, ''The Age'', (Wednesday, 20 April 1938), p.1.]</ref> and Lucy Diggle (1870-1946), née Bird,<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206799484 Deaths: Diggle, ''The Age'', (Thursday, 3 January 1946), p.6.]</ref> Graham Diggle was born at Flemington, Victoria on 13 March 1889.

He married Agnes Mary Smith (1886-1959) on 11 April 1914.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65591497 Wedding: Diggle—Smith, ''The Euroa Advertiser'' (Friday, 17 April 1914), p.5.]</ref> {{Quote box |title =Seymour Racecourse Land Bill<br>Victorian Legislative Council Debate (10 May 1966). |quote =The Hon. D.G. Elliott.—<br>I remember that a member of a committee of the Seymour Football<br> Club, which played in the Waranga-North-East League, was an ex-<br> Collingwood footballer, Graham Diggle. Apart from being a builder, <br> Mr. Diggle was also the local undertaker. There was a famous <br> phrase in the Waranga area, "When it ceases to wriggle, you take<br> it to Diggle." If he is still living in the area, I hope members who<br> represent it will pass on our kind regards to Mr. Diggle, who in his<br> day was a great ruckman.<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Parliament of Victoria, Hansard).<ref>[https://hansard.parliament.vic.gov.au/images/stories/historical_hansard/VicHansard_19660505_19660511.pdf Parliament of Victoria, Hansard (5 May 1966—11 May 1966), p.4121.]</ref> |source = |align = right |width = |border = |fontsize = 90% |bgcolor = |style = |title_bg = |title_fnt =

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==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.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article155348745 Meeting of the Association, ''The Benalla Standard'', (Friday, 28 May 1909), p.3.]</ref>

===Essendon A (VFA)=== Cleared from Collingwood to Essendon A in the VFA in July 1912,<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10499623 Football: The League: Permit Applications, ''The Argus'', (Thursday, 4 July 1912), p.4.]</ref> 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).<ref>[https://australianfootball.com/clubs/stats/seymour/1482/1975 Seymour Football Club], at australianfootball.com.</ref>

==Death== He died at Seymour, Victoria on 31 May 1971.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2OBUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qZADAAAAIBAJ&pg=3938%2C130786 Deaths: Diggle, ''The Age'', (Tuesday, 1 June 1971), p.24.]</ref>

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==References== * {{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2014 |edition=10th |isbn=978-1-921496-32-5 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria}}

== External links == {{Commons category}} * {{AFL Tables|ref=G/Graham_Diggle.html}} * {{AustralianFootball|ref=graham%2Bdiggle/2212}} * [http://www.thevfaproject.org/pages/Players/Diggle,_Graham.php Graham Diggle] at The VFA Project. * [https://forever.collingwoodfc.com.au/players/graham-diggle/ Graham Diggle's profile] at Collingwood Forever

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