Gerald Graham played for the old Chesterfield Town side in the Midland League during the 1910-11 season. Little is known of this Brampton-born moulder's football career beyond spells with the Town club and Rotherham County, but we know that he served with the 21st West Yorkshire regiment (Wool Service Pioneers) and was wounded three times in the space of ten days in 1917; after recuperation at home he returned to France and took part in the Battle of Valenciennes, losing his life on November 1st 1918, just days before the armistice. He left four young children.

Peter Whiteley