Ben Graham
Ben Graham
Benjamin James Grahamis an Australian former professional Australian rules footballer turned professional American football punter of the National Football League, and current Strategic Operations Manager at the Western Bulldogs Football Club...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth2 November 1973
amount ball certain coach crowd deal game kicked late loved opportunity
The crowd loved it when I kicked the ball long all the time, so every opportunity I got I would do it, ... I had a deal with the coach that when we were a certain amount up in the game late in the quarter, and I had the opportunity, I'd let it fly.
game lining
I feel like I'm 18 years old and lining up for my first game in the AFL.
asked people privilege special talked
It's a privilege to be asked, ... People I talked to asked me, 'Do you know how special that is?'
australia career great intended liked player
It was something I intended on doing down the track, ... Now, if I had been a player in Australia who wasn't having a great career or was at the crossroads, I would have probably jumped at it when I was 25 or 26. But my career went the way that I would have liked it to have gone.
finished goes paper product
Paper comes in one end and the finished product goes out the other.
ability quickly
He's got the ability to get over it as quickly as anyone.
appreciate body close far fast game handed helmet impact ours pads physically shoulder strong television tough wear
When they first handed me my helmet and pads, I jokingly asked, 'Do I have to wear these?' ... Without being up close to the game ? television is so far away ? is that you don't appreciate how physically fast and tough and strong and how much more they can impact the body because they have got shoulder pads and helmets. Ours is a different physically tough game.
building ground took
We took it down to the ground and up to the ceiling. Everything in this building is new.
north
This is kind of the cornerstone of our expansion. It's the first one of its kind in North America.
I'm doing pretty well so far, ... It's been a long journey.
good
I'd never done it before, but to play our sport we have to have good hands,
extremely hard needed next pan sure week worked
I'm probably not the right person to ask. I've worked extremely hard on everything I've needed to get to this point. I'm still here. I'm not sure how the next week or two is going to pan out.