David Mundy does not have a bulging trophy cabinet, but he leaves a distinctive mark in that after 19 AFL seasons, his retirement has come as a surprise. | Greg Baum | OPINION via The Age Real Footy DavidMundy
It says all you need to know about the career of David Mundy that he’s 37, and stillLast season, Mundy polled 20 Brownlow votes, his personal best, and was runner-up in Fremantle’s best-and-fairest. This season, his 18th, he is averaging 22 disposals a game and is finals-bound.
Let’s go back and have a look around. Mundy was drafted in 2003. John Howard was prime minister, Mark Latham opposition leader, and Andrew Demetriou had just become chief executive of the AFL. Only 10 Fremantle players other than him have reached 200 games, and Mundy has played in the milestone game of every one of them, and Michael Walters soon will make an 11th. He kept signing long-term contracts. Whenever he might have thought about a change of guernsey, Fremantle changed their own. He has also worn untold iterations of it., played in a grand final, captained the Dockers for a year and has been a life member for 10 years.
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