fullname heightweight years clubs article_title statsend originalteam birth_date draftpick name
simon fletcher 188 cm / 86 kg 1996 2003 2004 '' ` total - '' ' & ndash ; 1997 1999 & ndash ; geelong carlton richmond simon fletcher -lrb- australian footballer -rrb-
 2004 geelong falcons 17 august 1978 father/son , 1995 afl draft simon fletcher
simon fletcher -lrb- australian footballer -rrb-

simon fletcher -lrb- born 17 august 1978 -rrb- is a former australian rules footballer who played with carlton and richmond in the australian football league -lrb- afl -rrb- .
fletcher was initially drafted to geelong , from the falcons , under the father/son rule .
his father gary did not play at vfl/afl level but the rule was used because he was a manager at the club .
a knee injury in 1997 kept him out of action and he was delisted at the end of the season .
carlton rookie listed fletcher in 1998 and he made his senior debut late in the 1999 afl season .
he impressed enough to keep his spot for the finals series and made three appearances , but after having just five disposals in the premliminary final was replaced by adrian hickmott for the grand final .
fletcher , who played mostly on the wing and flanks , missed just one game in 2000 and played in another preliminary final .
a former grovedale player , he was again a regular member of the team in 2001 and put together a sequence of 28 consecutive games before it ended in 2002 .
he was delisted after the 2003 season and nominated for the national draft , where he was selected by richmond with the 79th selection .
he was unable to have an impact from six games , and was delisted .
he continued his playing career in the geelong football league with st mary 's , playing there from 2005 until 2009 .
after the 2009 season , fletcher took the role as player development manager for the newly formed gold coast football club ; he remains in the role as of 2013 .
he also played football with burleigh in the afl queensland state league for a couple of years .
