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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Sport
Brendan Foster

Nat Fyfe: a bullocking beast who was simply unstoppable during his prime in the AFL

Nat Fyfe of the Dockers
Nat Fyfe has announced his retirement from AFL football. He will hang up his boots at the end of the season as one of the greatest Western Australian footballers. Photograph: Richard Wainwright/AAP

When Nat Fyfe arrived at Fremantle at the end of 2009 as a scrawny, gangly teenager, not even the sharpest pundits could have predicted he would become one of Western Australia’s greatest footballers.

The 33-year-old announced on Monday that he is retiring at the end of the Dockers’ 2025 campaign after 16 seasons. He will hang up his boots as one of the most decorated players of the modern era, with two Brownlow medals, three All-Australian blazers, and twice voted the AFL Players’ Association’s most valuable player.

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