7^th May 1975 – Essendon player Ken Fletcher and wife, Rosemary, welcome a baby boy.  They name him Dustin. 

3^rd April 1993 – At 17 years of age, Dustin plays his first game for Essendon while still at school.  He has six possessions and five hit-outs against Carlton.  The match ends in a draw.

During the season Fletcher is nominated for the Rising Star Award.  The honour is given to Nathan Buckley, now Coach of Collingwood.

Buckley retired at the end of 2007.

3rd July 1993 - Fletcher misses the Bombers match against Brisbane to play school football with Penleigh and Essendon Grammar.

25^th September 1993 – Fletcher plays in Essendon’s Grand Final winning team.  He has 13 possessions as the Bombers beat Carlton by 44 points.

26^th March 1994 – Fletcher kicks his first goal for Essendon in a three-point win over West Coast.

30^th May 1998 – In his sixth season, Fletcher plays his 100^th AFL match.  The Bombers beat Hawthorn by a goal.

2^nd September 2000 – Fletcher wins his second premiership medal as the Bombers lose only one game en route to a ten goal Grand Final win against Melbourne.

The fullback also picks up the Best and Fairest award that year and is named in the All-Australian side.

22^nd July 2001 – After the Bombers come from 69 points behind to beat the Kangaroos, Fletcher is fined $600 for shaking the goal post.

2^nd August 2003 – The Bombers beat Carlton by 34 points in Fletcher’s 200^th game.

16^th July 2004 – Fletcher loses his two front teeth in a collision during a marking contest as the Bombers lose by 44 points to West Coast in Perth. 

2005 – Fletcher is named in the International Rules side.  He plays as goalkeeper in four series against Ireland and is named Co-Captain of the side in 2006.

2007 – For the second time in his career, Fletcher is named in the All-Australian side. 

2^nd May 2009 – Essendon loses by 43 points to Brisbane in Fletcher’s 300^th game.  He is 33 years old.

16^th April 2011 – In another draw against Carlton, Fletcher at age 35 runs down Carlton’s Jeff Garlett as he nears goal in the dying stages of the match.

21^st March 2014 – Fletcher becomes Essendon’s games record holder when he passes Simon Madden’s previous mark of 378 matches.

4^th April 2015 – At 39 years of age and 333 days, Fletcher becomes the second oldest player to play in the AFL.

25^th April 2015 – On a wet Anzac Day, Fletcher shows he’s still capable of launching a long bomb, kicking a goal against the Magpies from 65 metres out.

7^th May 2015 – Fletcher turns 40.  

30^th May 2015 – Game 400.