His father was Bradley Graham, who also played Aussie rules, winning a Mail Medal in the Mid North.
Bradley's father was Cecil Graham, and football "was always a big part of family life".
[3] Cecil was a descendent of Kudnarto, a Kaurna woman famous for having made legal history by being the first Aboriginal Australian woman to marry a European settler in the colony of South Australia in 1848.
[2] Bulldogs coach Daryl Hicks would place Graham in the at centre-half-forward position against Greg Phillips, then playing in the SANFL for Port Adelaide.
[3] Graham was a member of the 1983 Indigenous All-Stars, along with brother Colin and uncle Michael.