Career
Originally from McKinnon, Grieve made 11 appearances for South Melbourne, which all came in the 1941 VFL season. He was a second cousin of Carlton player Ollie Grieve. Grieve, who worked as a baker, enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force in 1942.
On 8 November 1944, Grieve was one of seven men on board a bomber (Halifax LK901), which crashed during a cross-country training exercise.
The plane took off from Sandtoft, Lincolnshire and broke up mid air, before it came down in Glenshee, Scotland.