Graeme Wilson (diplomat)

Graeme Wilson
Personal information
Full name	Graeme Wilson
Date of birth	(1953-12-15)15 December 1953
Date of death	2 September 2014(2014-09-02) (aged 60)
Place of death	Pretoria, South Africa
Original team(s)	University Blues
Height	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1974–76	South Melbourne	14 (14)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1976.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Graeme Wilson (15 December 1953 – 2 September 2014) was an Australian diplomat and public servant. He served in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Canberra, Central America, the Solomon Islands, Noumea, Paris and Vanuatu. At the time of his death he was Australia's High Commissioner to South Africa.^[1][2]

He was also an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[3][4]

Notes

1. Thomson, Phillip (5 September 2014). "Diplomat Graeme Wilson mourned as a 'true gentleman'". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
2. Bishop, Julie (5 September 2014). "Vale Graeme Wilson, Australian High Commissioner to South Africa". Australian Government Minister for Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
3. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 961. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
4. "Australian High Commissioner in South Africa dies". SBS News. Retrieved 3 January 2025.

External links

• Graeme Wilson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Graeme Wilson at AustralianFootball.com