12 Facts About Dustin Fletcher

Dustin Andrew Fletcher was born on 7 May 1975 and is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played his entire 23-season career for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League.

Dustin Fletcher is widely acknowledged as one of the finest defenders in the history of the league.

Right from the get-go, Dustin Fletcher proved to be a highly impactful player.

Dustin Fletcher was a key member of the 1993 premiership team in his first AFL season, a team which is often referred to as the "Baby Bombers".

Dustin Fletcher played in the 2000 premiership team, a year in which he won the Crichton Medal as Essendon's best and fairest and was selected in the All-Australian team.

Dustin Fletcher's AFL career length of 22 years and 58 days is an all-time league record.

Dustin Fletcher holds the outright Essendon games record, having overtaken the previous record of 378 games held by Simon Madden in Round 1,2014.

On 12 January 2016, during the summer after his retirement, Dustin Fletcher was named as one of 34 past and present Essendon players found guilty over their use of illegal supplements during the 2012 AFL season.

However, Dustin Fletcher had already retired the previous year, so the suspension was moot.

Dustin Fletcher served as the Australia international rules football team's goalkeeper for five series: the 2005 series, the 2006 series, the 2010 series, the 2014 series, and the 2015 series.

Dustin Fletcher is regarded as Australia's greatest keeper throughout the series.

Dustin Fletcher retired from top-level football with a final International Rules match, at the 2015 series in Ireland.