Jamie Graham

Falkirk-native Jamie “Doug” Graham was one of the leading Scottish gymnasts of the 1890s, competing for his hometown Camelon Gymnastics Club where he won a horizontal bars championship and the Scottish All-Round title. In 1908, he was one of eight Scottish gymnasts who were chosen for the British gymnastics delegation to the 1908 Olympic games in London. Competing in the individual all-around event alongside Scotsmen William Watters, John Watters and William Fergus, Graham placed 24th in a slate of 96 competitors with a score of 225 points, 0.5 less than William Watters who placed 23rd.

Graham was married to Agnes Thomson Carmichael in 1905 and had four children. He was also well-known in Falkirk as a football player, entertainer and baritone singer. In the 1910s, he emigrated to Australia with his wife, and served during World War I with the First Australian Imperial Force. Settling in Rockdale, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Graham was an iron moulder by profession. He continued to reside there until his sudden death in 1953 at the age of 68.