The Year of the Retiree

What an amazing season it has been and as it comes to the end so does many players football careers. 2007 has seen an incredible amount of players announce their retirement and amongst these we see plenty of legends leave our game. The departure of players like James Hird, Glenn Archer, Nathan Buckley, Anthony Koutoufides and Mark Riccutio waves goodbye to a generation of stars that we have loved watching over the years. These are players who will live in our memories forever, some of the greats of the game who will always be remember as exactly that. Below is a long list of this years retirees.

Adelaide Mark Riccutio	Brisbane Lions Chris Johnson Chris Scott	Carlton Matthew Lappin Anthony Koutoufides	Collingwood James Clement Nathan Buckley Paul Licuria
Essendon Scott Camporeale Chris Heffernan James Hird	Fremantle Shane Parker Troy Cook	Hawthorn Richie Vandenberg Joel Smith Ben Dixon	Kangaroos Jonathan Hay Kasey Green Glenn Archer
Melbourne Byron Pickett Nathan Brown Clint Bizzell	Port Adelaide Darryl Wakelin Josh Mahoney	Richmond Darren Gaspar Ray Hall Trent Knobel Kent Kingsley	St Kilda Fraser Gehrig Aaron Hamill Andrew Thompson Brett Voss Matthew Clarke
Western Bulldogs Luke Darcy Chris Grant Matthew Robbins Brett Montgomery	West Coast Rowan Jones Josh Wooden

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