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2008 AFL Retirements and Delistings

Retirements

When Club Player Age Height Weight Original Club Highest
Grade		 Games Goals Coaches
Votes		 Brownlow
Votes		 Honours
Aug 27 Adelaide Nathan Bassett 31 190 88 Norwood Morialta HS/​Norwood A 210 25 70 23 AA: 2006
Aug 18 Adelaide Rhett Biglands 30 200 104 Woodville-West Torrens C+ 134 59 4 7
Sep 30 Adelaide Ken McGregor 27 195 96 Woodville-West Torrens B 152 114 34 7
Aug 19 Brisbane Nigel Lappin 32 188 86 Chiltern A+ 279 174 50 93 AA: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004; B&F: 2004; AA40: 2007; Prem: 2001, 2002, 2003
Feb 14 Brisbane Beau McDonald 28 203 102 Swan Districts C+ 91 19 0 2 Prem: 2001, 2002
Oct 13 Carlton Jason Saddington 28 196 84 Mitcham (Vic)/​Eastern U18 C+ 162 47 0 5
Aug 30 Carlton Michael Shields 22 185 85 County Cork D 0 0 0 0
Sep 22 Collingwood Scott Burns 33 181 85 Birdwood/​Norwood B 265 149 80 36
Sep 15 Collingwood Ryan Lonie 25 189 86 Dandenong U18 C+ 123 61 9 1
Sep 15 Collingwood Shane Wakelin 34 192 92 Kimba/​Port Adelaide (SANFL) B 252 20 20 4
Aug 25 Essendon Jason Johnson 30 180 85 Kilmore/​Assumption College/​Calder U18 A 184 109 39 52 AA: 2001; B&F: 2001, 2005; Prem: 2000
Aug 15 Essendon Mal Michael 31 190 99 St Peters College (Qld)/​Morningside B 238 33 30 5 Prem: 2001, 2002, 2003
Aug 25 Essendon Adam Ramanauskas 27 184 84 Dandenong U18 C+ 134 63 3 14 Prem: 2000
Jul 7 Fremantle Peter Bell 32 175 81 Kojonup/​Aquinas College (WA)/​South Fremantle A 286 250 114 106 AA: 1999, 2003; B&F: 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004; Christian: 2003; Prem: 1996, 1999
Aug 6 Fremantle Heath Black 29 178 82 Mazenod College/​Oakleigh U18 B 192 80 48 35
May 19 Fremantle Matthew Carr 29 191 87 East Fremantle B 162 66 19 7
Sep 2 Fremantle Jeff Farmer 31 175 78 Tambellup/​South Fremantle A 249 483 66 38 AA: 2000
Aug 20 Fremantle Mark Johnson 30 179 83 Calder U18 B 208 100 27 26 B&F: 2002; Prem: 2000
Jul 29 Fremantle Shaun McManus 32 181 81 East Fremantle B 228 95 21 42 Larke: 1993
Aug 27 Fremantle Luke Webster 26 186 91 Trinity College (WA)/​East Perth C+ 33 11 5 0
Sep 2 Geelong Nathan Ablett 22 194 96 Modewarre C+ 34 47 5 0 Prem: 2007
Nov 8 Hawthorn Shane Crawford 34 174 80 Finley/​Assumption College A+ 305 224 76 159 AA: 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002; Brownlow: 1999; MVP: 1999; B&F: 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003; Prem: 2008
Mar 12 Hawthorn Danny Jacobs 27 189 94 South Melbourne Districts/​Sandringham U18 C+ 126 29 12 2
Aug 30 Melbourne Ben Holland 31 197 97 Blackfriars/​North Adelaide C+ 191 179 10 8
May 19 Melbourne David Neitz 33 191 100 Parkmore A 306 631 66 79 AA: 1995, 2002; Coleman: 2002; B&F: 2002
Aug 26 North Melbourne Shannon Grant 31 180 85 Flemington/​St Joseph's College (North Melbourne)/​Western U18 A 301 361 108 77 AA: 2005; B&F: 2001; Norm Smith: 1999; Prem: 1999
Sep 10 North Melbourne Jess Sinclair 30 183 84 East Ringwood/​Eastern U18 B 192 71 32 30
Sep 19 North Melbourne Nathan Thompson 30 194 100 Kyneton/​Bendigo U18 B+ 179 327 81 43
Apr 9 Port Adelaide Hugh Minson 20 202 93 Norwood D 0 0 0 0
Aug 5 Port Adelaide Michael Wilson 31 182 88 St Michael's College (SA)/​Port Adelaide (SANFL) B 192 51 17 25 Rising Star: 1997; Prem: 2004
Sep 13 St Kilda Fraser Gehrig 32 195 104 Wodonga FC/​Catholic College Wodonga/​Murray U18 A 260 549 127 66 AA: 1997, 2004; Coleman: 2004, 2005
Aug 6 St Kilda Robert Harvey 36 181 86 Seaford A+ 383 215 86 215 AA: 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003; Brownlow: 1997, 1998; MVP: 1997; B&F: 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998
Sep 12 Sydney Peter Everitt 34 201 102 Hastings A+ 291 383 99 57 AA: 1997, 1998, 2005; B&F: 2001, 2004
Sep 2 Sydney Ben Mathews 29 182 84 Corowa-Rutherglen/​Murray U18 C+ 198 45 4 4 Prem: 2005
Jul 7 West Coast Michael Braun 30 175 77 Silverton/​Echuca United/​Bendigo U18 B 228 66 37 29 Prem: 2006
Jul 17 Western Bulldogs Andrew McDougall 25 197 103 South Perth JFC/​Wesley College (WA)/​Perth C+ 43 50 0 0

Delistings

When Club Player Age Height Weight Original Club Highest
Grade		 Games Goals Coaches
Votes		 Brownlow
Votes		 Honours
Oct 15 Adelaide Bryce Campbell 24 181 81 Norwood D 8 1 0 0
Sep 30 Adelaide Ed Curnow 18 182 84 Modewarre/​Geelong College/​Geelong U18 B 221 53 115 21
Sep 30 Adelaide Luke Jericho 23 190 93 Immanuel College/​West Adelaide C 33 31 2 0
Oct 15 Adelaide Kris Massie 28 188 86 Edithvale-Aspendale/​Dandenong U18 C+ 131 23 15 4
Sep 30 Brisbane Colm Begley 22 188 83 County Laois C 30 7 0 0
Sep 19 Brisbane Robert Copeland 27 187 86 Zillmere C+ 143 39 2 1 Prem: 2001, 2003
Sep 30 Brisbane Daniel Dzufer 20 187 78 Suncoast Lions D 1 0 0 0
Sep 19 Brisbane Haydn Kiel 20 180 84 Southport D 0 0 0 0
Sep 19 Brisbane Wayde Mills 21 195 91 Southport C 16 3 0 0
Oct 15 Brisbane Matthew Moody 23 187 86 South Fremantle C+ 34 14 1 0
Sep 19 Brisbane Chris Schmidt 19 190 89 West Adelaide C 20 2 0 0
Sep 30 Brisbane Phil Smith 19 187 73 Calder U18 D 0 0 0 0
Sep 30 Brisbane Joel Tippett 19 196 93 Southport/​West Adelaide D 9 0 0 0
Oct 15 Carlton Cain Ackland 26 196 100 Port Adelaide (SANFL) C+ 74 25 8 0
Oct 15 Carlton Clinton Benjamin 20 189 84 Hale School/​Claremont D 0 0 0 0
Oct 15 Carlton Luke Blackwell 21 178 79 Mazenod College (WA)/​Swan Districts C+ 23 4 2 2 Sandover: 2011
Sep 30 Carlton Lachie Hill 19 190 83 Ashburton/​Scotch College/​Oakleigh U18 D 0 0 0 0
Oct 15 Carlton Ryan Jackson 21 183 85 Northern U18 C+ 9 3 3 0
Sep 30 Carlton Sam Jacobs 20 202 105 Ardrossan/​Woodville-West Torrens A 208 50 175 30 AA40: 2012, 2014, 2017
Oct 15 Carlton Aisake O'hAilpin 23 201 100 County Cork D 0 0 0 0
Sep 30 Carlton Darren Pfeiffer 21 183 83 Norwood C 23 6 0 1
Sep 30 Collingwood Luke Casey-Leigh 19 196 88 Sandringham U18 D 0 0 0 0
Oct 16 Collingwood Chris Egan 21 187 87 Rumbalara/​Murray U18 C+ 27 22 2 0
Sep 23 Collingwood Brodie Holland 28 181 81 Glenorchy/​Tasmania U18 B 155 141 23 12
Sep 23 Collingwood Sam Iles 21 185 83 Clarence/​Tasmania U18 C+ 33 11 1 1
Sep 30 Collingwood Tobias Thoolen 18 196 95 Bendigo U18 D 0 0 0 0
Oct 15 Essendon Danny Chartres 22 194 95 Peel D 0 0 0 0
Oct 15 Essendon Dean Dick 19 190 90 Perth D 0 0 0 0
Sep 30 Essendon Tom Hislop 20 185 85 Burnie/​Tasmania U18 C 27 12 0 0
Aug 15 Essendon Courtney Johns 23 192 100 East Fremantle C+ 21 18 2 0
Oct 15 Essendon Andrew Lee 22 196 93 Burnie/​Tasmania U18/​Tasmania (VFL) C 5 2 0 0
Sep 19 Essendon Damien Peverill 29 185 83 Calder U18 B 144 32 47 25
Sep 30 Fremantle Josh Carr 28 179 80 East Fremantle B+ 207 109 83 32 Prem: 2004
Sep 3 Fremantle Ryley Dunn 22 182 86 Murray U18 D 8 0 0 0
Sep 30 Fremantle Calib Mourish 20 190 95 Towns D 0 0 0 0
Sep 30 Fremantle Chris Smith 20 184 85 Mount Gravatt D 0 0 0 0
Oct 15 Geelong Liam Bedford 20 180 73 Claremont D 0 0 0 0
Oct 15 Geelong Jason Davenport 23 185 82 Nilma Darnum/​Geelong (VFL) C+ 28 29 15 6
Oct 15 Geelong Chris Kangars 19 193 95 Geelong U18 D 0 0 0 0
Oct 16 Hawthorn Tim Clarke 26 177 77 Geelong College/​Geelong U18 C+ 96 39 9 1
Oct 16 Hawthorn Zac Dawson 22 197 93 Doutta Stars/​PEGS/​Calder U18 C+ 166 7 8 0
Sep 30 Hawthorn Alex Grima 19 185 78 Tasmania U18 D 0 0 0 0
Oct 16 Hawthorn Luke McEntee 21 197 95 North Adelaide D 0 0 0 0
Oct 16 Hawthorn Garry Moss 20 181 74 Marist JFC/​East Perth C+ 14 12 4 0
Sep 30 Hawthorn Hugh Sandilands 19 191 86 Caulfield Grammar/​Oakleigh U18 D 0 0 0 0
Sep 30 Hawthorn Matt Suckling 20 187 86 East Wagga-Kooringal/​Wagga/​NSW-ACT U18 B 178 85 57 12 Prem: 2014, 2015
Sep 4 Melbourne Jace Bode 20 183 82 Pembroke School/​Sturt D 9 3 0 0
Oct 15 Melbourne Nathan Carroll 28 191 91 Claremont B 71 1 26 2
Oct 31 Melbourne Chris Johnson 22 188 87 Melville/​East Fremantle C+ 46 4 6 1
Sep 4 Melbourne Isaac Weetra 19 184 83 Port Adelaide (SANFL) D 2 0 0 0
Aug 26 Melbourne Jeff White 31 195 97 Frankston YCW/​Dandenong U18 A 268 113 38 53 AA: 2004; B&F: 2004
Aug 26 Melbourne Adem Yze 30 187 85 Shepparton United/​Murray U18 A 271 234 36 71 AA: 2002; B&F: 2001
Sep 30 North Melbourne Leigh Brown 26 194 104 Heyfield/​Gippsland U18 B 246 138 44 8 Prem: 2010
Sep 30 North Melbourne Ben Davies 22 187 83 Western U18 C 14 1 0 0
Sep 30 North Melbourne Blake Grima 24 180 82 East Burwood/​Eastern U18 C 15 3 0 0
Sep 30 North Melbourne Alan Obst 21 192 97 Central District D 5 0 0 0
Oct 15 North Melbourne Eddie Sansbury 24 183 86 Central District C+ 40 21 7 0
Oct 15 North Melbourne James Wilsen 19 190 90 St George/​NSW-ACT U18 D 0 0 0 0
Sep 30 Port Adelaide Greg Bentley 21 187 88 Dandenong U18 C 26 8 0 0
Oct 15 Port Adelaide Daniel Boyle 19 184 82 Wangaratta Tigers JFC/​Murray U18 D 0 0 0 0
Oct 15 Port Adelaide Adam Cockshell 22 198 96 Norwood D 2 1 0 0
Oct 15 Port Adelaide Fabian Deluca 21 203 99 St Simons/​Eastern U18 D 11 1 0 0
Oct 15 Port Adelaide Gavin Grose 20 192 94 Mount Gravatt D 0 0 0 0
Sep 30 Port Adelaide Nathan Lonie 25 189 84 Dandenong U18 C 104 51 3 1
Sep 30 Port Adelaide Damon White 25 193 95 Perth C+ 55 47 3 3
Sep 30 Port Adelaide Ryan Williams 19 188 85 Geelong U18 D 2 0 0 0
Oct 15 Port Adelaide Ryan Willits 21 198 99 Northern U18 D 3 1 0 0
Sep 30 Richmond Tristan Cartledge 23 199 93 St Patrick's College/​North Ballarat U18 D 9 2 0 0
Oct 15 Richmond Travis Casserly 21 188 80 Swan Districts D 0 0 0 0
Sep 30 Richmond Clayton Collard 19 182 90 South Fremantle D 1 1 0 0
Sep 30 Richmond David Gourdis 19 193 91 Subiaco D 4 0 0 0
Sep 30 Richmond Cameron Howat 23 182 77 Carey Grammar/​Old Carey/​Oakleigh U18 C 21 10 0 0
Oct 15 Richmond Chris Hyde 26 186 80 Murray U18 B 93 39 19 8
Sep 30 Richmond Danny Meyer 22 183 80 Flagstaff Hill/​Sacred Heart College/​Glenelg C 26 8 0 0
Aug 28 Richmond Greg Tivendale 29 185 86 Gippsland U18 C+ 188 125 13 26
Oct 22 St Kilda Jayden Attard 22 187 85 Chelsea/​Dandenong U18 C+ 25 3 0 0
Oct 22 St Kilda Shane Birss 25 183 80 Sale/​Gippsland U18 C 71 33 0 0
Oct 22 St Kilda Glenn Chivers 19 188 80 Ashburton/​St Kevin's College/​Oakleigh U18 D 0 0 0 0
Oct 22 St Kilda Matthew Ferguson 24 188 84 Heyfield/​Gippsland U18 C 12 0 0 0
Oct 31 St Kilda Aaron Fiora 27 186 77 Naracoorte/​Port Adelaide (SANFL) C+ 140 58 1 0
Oct 22 St Kilda Charlie Gardiner 25 190 90 Melbourne Grammar/​Geelong Grammar/​Sandringham U18 C 63 34 0 0
Sep 30 St Kilda Brad Howard 20 180 71 Redland D 2 0 0 0
Oct 22 St Kilda Michael Rix 27 198 101 Carey Grammar/​Oakleigh U18 C 29 3 0 0
Oct 22 St Kilda Luke Van Rheenen 20 201 98 Scoresby D 0 0 0 0
Sep 30 Sydney Matthew Beckmans 18 187 80 Turvey Park D 0 0 0 0
Oct 15 Sydney Luke Brennan 23 186 89 North Ballarat U18 C+ 28 12 4 0
Sep 30 Sydney Aaron Bruce 18 187 87 Eastlake/​NSW-ACT U18 D 0 0 0 0
Oct 12 Sydney Nick Davis 28 184 83 St George/​NSW-ACT U18 B 168 235 30 10 Prem: 2005
Sep 30 Sydney Peter Faulks 20 194 82 Calder U18 D 3 0 0 0
Sep 30 Sydney Dean Terlich 18 186 83 Osborne/​NSW-ACT U18/​Murray U18 C+ 35 2 3 1
Sep 30 Sydney Kristin Thornton 20 184 80 Peel C 8 4 0 0
Sep 23 West Coast Steven Armstrong 24 180 83 Perth C+ 79 48 4 0 Larke: 2001; Prem: 2006
Sep 30 West Coast Jaymie Graham 25 196 93 South Fremantle C+ 37 13 1 0
Sep 4 West Coast Chad Jones 24 196 86 Wembley Downs JFC/​Hale School/​Claremont D 13 9 0 0
Sep 4 West Coast James Thomson 20 194 91 Claremont D 0 0 0 0
Sep 30 Western Bulldogs Gavin Hughes 22 181 80 Norwood D 0 0 0 0
Sep 23 Western Bulldogs Peter Street 28 211 110 Glenorchy/​Tasmania U18 C+ 78 16 2 3
Sep 23 Western Bulldogs Scott West 33 178 83 Strathmore/​PEGS A+ 324 104 196 175 AA: 1998, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006; B&F: 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005