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Gehrig quits — this time for good
Tom Arup | October 3, 2008
ST KILDA forward Fraser Gehrig has put an end to his inglorious return to AFL after playing just five games this year.
The Saints forward, who played 260 games for St Kilda and West Coast, thanked the club and supporters in a statement yesterday, saying he had enjoyed his time in football.
Gehrig retired at the end of the 2007 season with a colourful gesture when he climbed into the stand to hand a young Saints supporter his jumper.
But in a surprise move, the two-time Coleman Medallist made a return to top-flight football when the Saints picked him up in the pre-season draft.
Gehrig made the decision to return to the AFL while on holiday in Switzerland last year and set up a number of calls with St Kilda to talk about a return to football.
The return was a bust and Gehrig only managed five games and nine goals for the Saints while suffering from a recurring injury in his right hand for most of the year.
Earlier this season Gehrig said he returned to AFL to play in a premiership side, but had come back to find the game had got "quicker and harder".
"The club knew, and I knew, when I came back that I would need a lot of things to go right for me and that's why they took the punt."
Tom Arup | October 3, 2008
ST KILDA forward Fraser Gehrig has put an end to his inglorious return to AFL after playing just five games this year.
The Saints forward, who played 260 games for St Kilda and West Coast, thanked the club and supporters in a statement yesterday, saying he had enjoyed his time in football.
Gehrig retired at the end of the 2007 season with a colourful gesture when he climbed into the stand to hand a young Saints supporter his jumper.
But in a surprise move, the two-time Coleman Medallist made a return to top-flight football when the Saints picked him up in the pre-season draft.
Gehrig made the decision to return to the AFL while on holiday in Switzerland last year and set up a number of calls with St Kilda to talk about a return to football.
The return was a bust and Gehrig only managed five games and nine goals for the Saints while suffering from a recurring injury in his right hand for most of the year.
Earlier this season Gehrig said he returned to AFL to play in a premiership side, but had come back to find the game had got "quicker and harder".
"The club knew, and I knew, when I came back that I would need a lot of things to go right for me and that's why they took the punt."
