Adrian Fletcher (born October 10, 1969) is an Australian rules footballer. October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Australian Rules and Aussie Rules redirect here. ...

Adrian Fletcher

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Early Career

Regarded as one of football's nomads with 4 Australian Football League clubs behind him, Fletcher was recruited from Glenorchy, Tasmania in 1988 as a 19 year old William Leitch medallist, and went on to become one of the AFL competition's most prolific ball-winners who reached a well-earned 200-game milestone midway through 2001 at his fourth AFL club, Fremantle. Fletcher's play has always been described as resilient, and he is known for being good at the in-and-unders and an excellent play reader. The Australian Football League is the Australian national competition in the sport of Australian rules football. ... Glenorchy is the name of many places around the world: Glenorchy, city adjoining Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Glenorchy is a town bordering Lake Wakatipu in the South Island of New Zealand This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Emblems: Flora - Tasmanian Blue Gum; Fauna - none Motto: Ubertas et Fidelitas (Fertility and Faithfulness) Slogan or Nickname: The Apple Isle Other Australian states and territories Capital Hobart Government Const. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Fremantle is a city located within the Perth metropolitan area on Australias western coast, at the mouth of the Swan River, 19 kilometres south from Perths Central Business District. ...

He started off his AFL carrer with the Geelong Cats, playing 23 games there from 1989-1991 and kicking a total of 10 goals. From the Cats he transferred to St Kilda for a year in 1992, where he played 22 games and also kicked 10 goals. Geelong Football Club logo The Geelong Football Club is a football club in the Australian Football League (AFL). ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Alternate use: Saint Kilda, island in Scotland. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

Playing for Brisbane

In 1993 Fletcher moved yet again to the club where he made his name as a tough uncompromising midfielder - Brisbane. The impact he had on a club striving for success, which in turn would bring credibility, was immediate. From 1993-1996, Fletcher played 86 of a possible 90 games, finishing fifth, fourth, second and fourth in the club champion awards. While at the Bears/Lions Fletcher played 107 games from 1993-97 kicking a total of 53 goals. He was a significant player in the Bears' 1996 preliminary final loss to Carlton playing on the half back line. In football (soccer), a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders. ... Brisbane () is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Carlton is the name of many places: Carlton, Bedfordshire is a small village in the county of Bedfordshire in the United Kingdom. ...

In 1997, however, his form slumped after the lack of a solid pre-season. He was accused of being too fat and too comfortable with his existence in a side struggling to live up to super-power expectations. He fought back, however, and ended up with a season average of 19 possessions per game in 21 games.

Trade to Fremantle

However, despite a season that, although bad, was not considered by Fletcher to be "his worst," the Brisbane organization was not very forgiving. At the end of the 1997 season, he was called in to a meeting with the match committee, and was traded to the Fremantle Dockers. 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Fremantle FC logo The Fremantle Football Club, colloquially known as The Dockers, are one of 16 teams in the Australian Football League. ...

Insiders at Brisbane claim that then coach John Northey, sensing the pressure he was under to deliver a premiership, turned on Fletcher. In the space of one year, Northey had gone from one of Fletcher's biggest fans to his biggest critic. He later admitted his mistake in letting him go. He had played for the Bears throughout the tumultuous merger period with the Fitzroy Lions, and had helped carry them through it. Fletcher, although by nature hesitant to blame anyone, admitted that leaving Brisbane tore at his heart. He felt he had found his niche with the Bears, finishing second in the club's best and fairest in 1995. When you add a best and fairest fifth in 1993, fourth in 1994 and fourth in 1996 (when he also polled 14 Brownlow votes), some were surprised to see Fletcher go. Brisbane Lions logo The Brisbane Lions Australian Football Club (the trading name for the Brisbane Bears-Fitzroy Football Club) are an Australian Football League club, formed from the post-1996 merger of the Brisbane Bears and Fitzroy, the Lions. ... Best and Fairest is the phrase given to players in the Australian Football League (formerly the VFL) that are adjudged to have played the best during the season without being suspended. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal. // Events January Bill Clinton January 1 : North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

Carlton premiership coach Robert Walls, who was in charge of Fletcher in Brisbane from 1993 to 1995, said the decision to trade him to the Dockers was a "gross mistake". Walls was delighted when Fletcher was picked up by Fremantle. Robert Walls is a former premiership-winning Australian rules football player and coach who now works primarily as a television commentator and newspaper columnist on the sport. ... Fremantle is a city located within the Perth metropolitan area on Australias western coast, at the mouth of the Swan River, 19 kilometres south from Perths Central Business District. ...

Late Career

As co-captain of Fremantle in 2001, Fletcher didn't quite have the same impact in 2000 as in 1999, but he was still highly effective. He was one of the AFL's most underrated players, though the umpires recognised his value with regular Brownlow votes. The midfielder brang players into the game and his forwards always expressed the highest confidence in him. Despite an average season by his heady standards, he was the club's leading handballer and showed great resilience to return from a fractured cheekbone after just two weeks. At the end of the 2001 season he was asked to retire by the Fremantle club despite his remarkable ability to get his hands on the football which was highlighted again by his 2001 match statistics. He was ranked in the AFL's top 20 for overall disposals and also was in the AFL's top five for handballs. He played 69 games for the Dockers ending up with the respectable tally of 25 goals. 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

Adrian Fletcher retired from the AFL after the 2000-2001 season, and is currently playing for Williamstown in the VFL. He has made several appearances in AFL Legends Matches. This article is about the year 2000. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Williamstown is the name of several places in the Australia: Williamtown, New South Wales Williamstown, South Australia Williamstown, Victoria, which gives its name to the Williamstown railway line, Melbourne, and Williamstown railway station, Melbourne Williamstown is the name of a village in Canada: Williamstown, Ontario Williamstown is the name of... VFL can refer to: Victorian Football League, an Australian rules football league formerly known as the Victorian Football Association prior to 1996. ... The EJ Whitten Legends Match is a 10 year old annual Australian Rules Football event where VFL and AFL stars of yesteryear are reunited in this State of Origin clash between Victoria and the All Stars. ...