Graham Martin Robbins (born 6 May 1949) 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 Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er who played with

Richmond Richmond most often refers to: * Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada * Richmond, California, a city in the United States * Richmond, London, a town in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England * Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town ...

in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...

(VFL). Robbins, who came from Catani, played at Richmond for three seasons, including their premiership year in 1969. A rover, Robbins only made three appearances that season, from rounds 12 to 14, but played nine senior games in 1970. He joined

Victorian Football Association The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...

(VFA) club Oakleigh early in the 1971 season, after making one further appearance for Richmond. A member of Oakleigh's 1972 VFA premiership winning team, Robbins later played in South Australia, with the

South Adelaide Football Club The South Adelaide Football Club, nicknamed the Panthers, is an Australian rules football club based in the Adelaide suburb of Noarlunga Downs, South Australia, Noarlunga Downs. The club competes in the South Australian National Football Leagu ...

. He topped South Adelaide's goal-kicking in 1975 and was club captain in 1977. In the early 1980s, Robbins coached in the Latrobe Valley Football League. He steered Sale to a grand final in 1981, which they lost to Bairnsdale, then in 1983 and 1984 was playing coach of Maffra. His second stint coaching Maffra, from 2009 to 2011, brought two premierships (2009 & 2010).''Berwick Gazette''
"Lions launch flag defence"
2 December 2009 His son, Ben Robbins, played 92 AFL games, for the

Brisbane Bears The Brisbane Bears were a professional Australian rules football club based in Brisbane, Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, now known as the Brisbane Lions. Granted a Australian Football League, Victorian Football League (VFL), licence in 1986, ...

Brisbane Lions The Brisbane Lions are a professional Australian rules football in Australia, Australian rules football club based in Brisbane, Queensland, that compete in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. Brisbane are the ...

and

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Robbins, Graham 1949 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Richmond Football Club players Oakleigh Football Club players South Adelaide Football Club players Sale Football Club players Sale Football Club coaches Maffra Football Club players Maffra Football Club coaches Living people