Graeme 'Jerker' Jenkin is a former Australian rules football

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Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who played with Collingwood

Collingwood Football Club

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 and Essendon

Essendon Football Club

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 in the VFL

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 during the 1960s and 1970s.

Jenkin is best remembered for being the player that Carlton's Alex Jesaulenko

Alex Jesaulenko

Alex 'Jezza' Jesaulenko MBE is a former Australian rules footballer and coach. He is regarded as one of the game's greatest-ever players and is an official Legend of the Australian Football Hall of Fame...

 took a spectacular mark over in the 1970 Grand Final, promoting the famous call of "Oh Jesaulenko, you beauty!".

A ruckman, Jenkin first appeared for Collingwood in the 1963 season and after managing just three games that year missed all of 1965 with a broken leg. He returned in 1966 but couldn't break into their finals side and with first choice ruckman Ray Gabelich

Ray Gabelich

Ray Gabelich was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League .He came to Collingwood from Western Australia as a centre half-forward in 1954 too late to be listed...

 retiring that year he looked like getting more regular game time. The emergence of Len Thompson

Len Thompson

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 again relegated him to second ruckman but he played full seasons in 1970 and 1971.

In 1974 he was traded to Essendon in a swap for John Williams but struggled in his time there with injury.

He is the subject of a song by the Melbourne group TISM

TISM

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 titled "The Back Upon Which Jezza Jumped", included on the album Gentlemen, Start Your Egos.