William Evans Graham ' was an Ireland men's field hockey international. He was a member of the Ireland team that played at the

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, winning a silver medal. Graham also won Irish Senior Cup titles with both Palmerstown and Monkstown. He later served as an Ireland selector before becoming president of the

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during the 1933–34 season. He was club president at Monkstown from 1927 until 1936. Graham was also a medical doctor.

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Domestic teams

Graham first played

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at Kingstown Grammar School before joining Palmerstown. He subsequently helped Palmerstown win the Irish Senior Cup. After the club disbanded in 1907, Graham and most of the Palmerstown squad moved to Monkstown where he won two more Irish Senior Cup titles in 1911 and 1914. His team mates at Palmerstown and Monkstown included J.E. Mills and the Peterson brothers, most notably Jack and

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Ireland international

From 1907 to 1909 Graham made 10 senior appearances for

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. Graham was a member of the Ireland team that played at the

, winning a silver medal. Ireland defeated

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3–1 in a semi-final before losing 8–1 to

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in the final.

Honours

;

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**''Runners Up'':

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: 1 ; Monkstown * Irish Senior Cup **''Winners'': 1910, 1914: 2 ;Palmerstown * Irish Senior Cup **''Winners'': 1904–05: 1 ?

Notes

* Some sources give his middle name as Ernest.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Graham, William 1886 births 1947 deaths Ireland international men's field hockey players Irish male field hockey players Members of the Ireland field hockey team at the 1908 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Monkstown Hockey Club players Field hockey players from County Dublin Male field hockey midfielders 20th-century Irish medical doctors Irish field hockey administrators Medical doctors from County Dublin