Full name Graham Johncock Weight 84 kg Nickname(s) Stiffy Career start 2000 | Name Graham Johncock Career end 2013 Height 1.80 m | |
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Date of birth (1982-10-21) 21 October 1982 (age 33) Draft 67th overall, 2000Adelaide Height/Weight 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) / 84kg Role Australian Rules Footballer Original team | ||
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Graham Johncock (born 21 October 1982) is a former Australian rules footballer with the Adelaide Crows in the Australian Football League.
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Graham is an indigenous Australian from Port Lincoln in South Australia where he currently resides with his partner, three children and his pet wombat. Graham is currently a coach and player at the Mallee Park Football Club - where he played as a youth.
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Career highlights
In 2003, Johncock scored the most goals for the Adelaide Crows with 30. He won the Showdown Medal in round 5, despite his side's loss.
Johncock was leading the club champion award early in the 2005 season before breaking his leg in a game against Melbourne in round seven. He had spent most of these games in defence, but was occasionally pushed forward. He missed a large chunk of the season, but returned before the finals and played a couple of games. He was hampered in the finals, however, by a leg injury.
In recent years, Johncock has been playing mainly as a defender, teaming with fellow indigenous player Andrew McLeod in running the ball out of defence. This was enough that he was named as a back pocket for the Dream Team in their clash with Victoria during 2008. Johncock did make a brief return to the forward line late that same season, as Adelaide desperately searched for someone to replace a host of injured forwards.
Johncock is known to support the local Aboriginal communities. He also umpires the AFL Auskick for Aboriginals and is a member of the Make Poverty History campaign.
It had been rumoured that he wanted a change of team for 2009, but after the 2008 AFL Draft he confirmed he wanted to stay at Adelaide.
Johncock played his 200th AFL game in July 2011, when Adelaide were humiliated by St Kilda to the tune of 103 points at Etihad Stadium. Playing on Stephen Milne, Johncock had eight goals kicked against him.
Johncock retired on 1 July 2013, saying his body could no longer withstand the rigours of AFL. He expressed interest in playing out 2013 with the Port Adelaide Magpies in the SANFL.