Gram stated his preferred team to be traded to was prior to the 2003 Trade period, the team he supported as a junior. He was traded from
Brisbane in exchange for draft pick 23 in the National Draft.
2004 First Season and Debut Gram watched on as St Kilda FC won the
2004 Wizard Home Loans Cup to begin his first season at the Saints. He made his debut wearing the No. 15 guernsey for in Round 15 of the 2004 AFL Premiership Season against
Melbourne, gathering 11 disposals. He played a total of two games for the 2004 season. Gram played a further 5 games in 2005, his best performance being a 19 disposal effort against his former team the Brisbane Lions, in a match St Kilda FC won by a club record 139 points. He was overlooked for the Finals that followed, not playing when St Kilda FC secured what was effectively the ultimate success for the season in Adelaide in the 1st Qualifying Final. Gram completed his first full season on the field as a player in 2006, playing in all of 's 23 matches in the 2006 Premiership season, including his first finals match in the 2006 2nd Elimination Final. He had the stereotype term "breakout season". Gram averaged 20.5 possessions per game in 2006, finishing second in the
St Kilda Football Club Best & Fairest
Trevor Barker Award. At the conclusion of the season it was announced that Gram had signed for a further two years. He accepted a change to the Number 1 guernsey from the retiring St Kilda legend
Justin Peckett.
2008: NAB Cup and Michael Tuck Medal Gram's 2008 started brilliantly. He was awarded the
Michael Tuck Medal for his best player on the ground performance during St Kilda FC's
2008 National Australia Bank Cup Premiership. Wins over Richmond, Geelong, Essendon and Adelaide saw the Saints win the tournament. He played in all of
St Kilda Football Clubs matches in the 2008 season – averaging 20.5 possessions per game in 25 matches including three finals matches.
2009: Minor Premiership, Grand Final and Norm Smith Medal Controversy Gram played in 21 of St Kilda FC's 22 matches in the 2009 season Home and Away rounds in which St Kilda dominated the competition, qualifying in first position for the 2009 finals, winning the
AFL Minor Premiership McClelland Trophy. He averaged 23.9 possessions per game in the 2009 season. St Kilda qualified for the 2009 AFL Grand Final after tough Qualifying and Preliminary finals wins over Collingwood and the Western Bulldogs. St Kilda were defeated in the
2009 AFL Grand Final by 12 points by Geelong. Gram was voted equal best player on the field in the 2009 Grand Final. He finished equal on votes in the
Norm Smith Medal with
Paul Chapman of Geelong, the first ever tie in award history. Chapman was publicly announced as winning the medal during the presentation. It was later publicised that Chapman had won the medal on the countback system, despite the fact that the AFL cancelled its countback system for ties in all awards in 1980, which had immediately affected awards such as the
Brownlow Medal and
McClelland Trophy. Players who were not declared equal winners of the
Brownlow Medal under the countback system prior to it being cancelled were retrospectively declared a joint winner, and presented with a Medal. Chapman was initially publicly announced as being awarded the medal on the basis of a greater number of 3 votes from the voting panel compared to Gram, with Gram being the only player to have received votes from all five judges. Further investigation found that two Medals were released from the steward's office at the M.C.G on the day for the presentation, but only one presented. At the end of the 2009 season, Gram had played in seven finals matches including one grand final and one pre-season cup final.
2010 season Gram played 18 games in 2010, a season in which he was hampered by injury, and averaged 21 possessions – including a career-high 35 possessions against Essendon in Round 18, followed by 34 possessions against North Melbourne in Round 20.
2011 season Gram played a total of 20 games in the 2011 season, including the elimination final loss to the Swans. Gram had a season-high, thirty-three disposal game against the Bombers in Round 3, which earned him a Brownlow vote. Gram gathered twenty or more disposals on fourteen occasions in season 2011. He kicked five goals for the season.
End of 2012: contract termination In October 2012, Gram had his contract terminated prematurely by St Kilda after being arrested by police for breaching an intervention order placed by his then estranged wife Sarah. == Career highlights ==