Graeme Yeats | Demonwiki (original) (raw)
DOB: 21 September <1964>
Debut: Round 8, 1984 against at Junction Oval
Last Game: Round 21, 1995 against at
From: Prahran
Number: 45 (1984), 8 (1985-1995)
Honours
Grand Final team - <1988>
Best First Year Player - <1984>
Premiership player - <1993>
Life Member - <1993>
VFL premiership coach - <2000>
Games: 182
Goals: 45
Career Statistics
| Wins | Draws | Losses | Winning % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 97 | 1 | 84 | 53.29 |
Yeats climbed through the ranks of his local side Prahran to debut at the end of <1982> at 17-years-old, then crossed to Melbourne's Under 19s side the next year. He made his senior debut in <1984> and won the Best First Year Player award.
Yeats played 23 games in his first two years, and despite only managing six games in <1986> the tough defender was often one of the better players in poor teams during his first three seasons. Yeats became a regular in <1987> just as the Demons began to emerge into a finals term, and after starting his career as a wingman eventually became one of the most reliable defenders in the competition. He was converted to defence when Alan Johnson suffered an injury in the <1990> pre-season. After appearing as a regular in the side until <1993> he only managed seven games that year and was initially axed from the list before returning to play two more years.
Yeats ended his AFL career for good after six games at the end of <1995>, a year that featured an accusation of racial abuse from Justin Murphy of . Yeats denied the charges and the matter was settled after mediation. He retired at the end of the season. After joining Springvale as an assistant coach in <1996>, Yeats kicked the winning goal in that year's Grand Final, before returning to Melbourne as assistant coach and senior runner in <1997>.
Yeats moved to Sandringham in <1999>, and coached them to the to the <2000> VFL premiership. Also worked as a Melbourne development coach between <2001> and <2003> before leaving to become coach of the TAC Cup Dandenong Stingrays in <2004>, where he remained until the end of <2013>. Coached Port Melbourne Colts from <2021>.
| Year | Games | Goals | Brownlow |
|---|---|---|---|
| <1984> | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| <1985> | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| <1986> | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| <1987> | 23 | 8 | 3 |
| <1988> | 26 | 9 | 6 |
| <1989> | 16 | 8 | 0 |
| <1990> | 23 | 9 | 6 |
| <1991> | 15 | 4 | 1 |
| <1992> | 19 | 5 | 4 |
| <1993> | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| <1994> | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| <1995> | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Tribunal Record
| Match | Charge | Sanction |
|---|---|---|
| Round 15, 1986 | Striking | 2 matches |
| Round 14, 1987 | Striking | 2 matches |
| Round 11, 1992 | Striking | 3 matches |
Lists
Media
Inside Football - 24/05/1989
Age - 08/04/1990
Age - 19/05/1995
Age - 30/01/1997
Melbourne Past Players newsletter - 01-02/2021
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