Caleb Graham (born 12 September 2000) is a professional

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er playing for the Gold Coast Football Club in the

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(AFL).

Early life

Graham was born and raised in

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, Queensland. He began playing junior football for the North Cairns Tigers at five years of age. Graham later switched to the Cairns Saints and was placed in the

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as a teenager. At the start of 2016, he relocated with his family to the Gold Coast where he started playing locally for the

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and attended Palm Beach Currumbin State High School. While at Palm Beach Currumbin he played in back-to-back QAFL senior premierships, including playing on former AFL Premiership forward Barry Hall at 17 years and 10 days of age in the 2017 QAFL Grand Final. In November 2018, he was drafted by the Gold Coast Football Club with pick 71 in the AFL draft.

AFL career

Graham made his AFL debut at 18 years of age in Round 21 of the

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, which also happened to be

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18 against the Brisbane Lions.

Statistics

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Graham, Caleb 2000 births Living people Gold Coast Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Queensland Australian rules football players from Cairns Sportspeople from Cairns