Adelaide veteran Graham Johncock has cited fatigue as his reason for quitting the AFL.
The 227-game veteran shocked the Crows by calling an immediate end to his career, telling club officials his body was failing him.
“Whilst we all wanted Graham’s career to last forever, we understand his observation that father time has told his body that enough is enough,” Adelaide’s general manager football administration Phil Harper said in a statement on Monday.
Johncock, who finished top five in Adelaide’s club champion award six times, made his name as a backman. But he struggled when played forward by second-year Brenton Sanderson.
The 30-year-old crowd favourite, who was recruited from Port Lincoln in 2001, will perform a lap of honour at Adelaide’s last home game this year on August 24.