We take a look at the career of veteran defender Dustin Fletcher through numbers as he prepares to play his 379th game in the club’s season opener against North Melbourne on Friday night.
Fletcher will break the club games record surpassing champion ruckman Simon Madden who has played 378 games.
1 Essendon best and fairest wins
2 Premierships: 1993 and 2000
3 Most goals he’s kicked in a game. A feat achieved in five games.
4 Number of coaches he has played under at EFC
5 Number of drawn games he’s played in
7 Number of captains he’s played under at Essendon
10 Most handballs in a game, achieved four times in his career
11 Games is the longest losing streak he’s been part of, between rd 2 and rd 14, 2006
13 The most marks he’s taken in a single game, v St Kilda, rd 4, 2007
14 Venues he’s played league games at
16 Most goals kicked in a season, 1996
17 Age in years when he made his senior debut
18 Average number of games he’s played each season
19 Longest winning streak, between rd 1 and round 19, 2000
21 Completed seasons between 1993 and 2013
22 The most wins over any club in the competition (Carlton)
23 Finals games
25 Most kicks in a game, v Collingwood, Anzac Day 2007
31 The number he’s worn in every game he’s played
32 Maximum number of disposals in a game, v Bulldogs, rd 8, 2008
38 Years of age when he sets a new club record of 379 games
49 Number of games in which he’s kicked at least one goal
63 Brownlow votes
69 Goals kicked in his career
70 Metres the estimated distance of his goal v St Kilda in rd 4, 2007
92 His weight in kilograms
139 The biggest winning margin of any game he’s played in EFC v Gold Coast rd 6, 2011
142 The number of Essendon team mates he’s played with
179 The number of games he’s played at the MCG
198 His height in centimetres
434 The number of tackles he’s made in his career
642 Combined number of games played by him and father Ken, a league record for a father and son.
977 His debut number
1616 Marks taken in his career
1975 The year he was born
4265 Career kicks
5537 Number of disposals he’s made
18,271,064 estimated number of spectators that have attended Fletcher’s games
