Career
The first Northern Irish runner to break 4 minutes for the mile, he was ranked number 1 in the United Kingdom and Ireland over 2 miles/3000 m, 3 miles/5000 m and cross country at various periods in the 1960s. He was selected for nine consecutive International cross country races (later to be recognised as the World Cross country), finishing second in 1966 in Rabat, Morocco. He competed in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics for Great Britain, finishing seventh in his initial heat for the 5000m race.
He was the Irish record holder for various distances through this time.
At the 1970, Graham picked up a virus which later developed into myalgic encephalomyelitis, ultimately ending his athletics career.