Dustin Fletcher (born 7 May 1975) is an Australian rules footballer with the Essendon Football Club. He is renowned as one of the finest defenders in the AFL, and has played at full-back for his team for many years. He is the son of former Bombers captain Ken Fletcher. He is the oldest player currently playing AFL.
Dustin Andrew Fletcher was a member of the "Baby Bombers" (Essendon's 1993 premiership team) in his first AFL season. He also played ...
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Dustin Fletcher (born 7 May 1975) is an Australian rules footballer with the Essendon Football Club. He is renowned as one of the finest defenders in the AFL, and has played at full-back for his team for many years. He is the son of former Bombers captain Ken Fletcher. He is the oldest player currently playing AFL.
Dustin Andrew Fletcher was a member of the "Baby Bombers" (Essendon's 1993 premiership team) in his first AFL season. He also played in Essendon's 2000 premiership win and received the club's "Best and Fairest" award (the Crichton Medal). He is the only member of either of those premiership winning sides still playing AFL football. He was selected as an all-Australian player in both 2000 and 2007.
Fletcher was the goalkeeper for Australia in the International Rules series in 2005, 2006 (as co-captain), and 2010.
In Round 13 of 2008, Dustin and his father Ken claimed the record of most VFL/AFL games played by a father-son combination, with 552 games between them. Fletcher...
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