Essendon star Dustin Fletcher will be stuffed and mounted at the Melbourne Museum following the final round of the season it has been announced.
The initiative comes after Fletcher played his 400th game this season and finishes his career after the final round. A decision on whether he will play is yet to be decided.
Dr Patrick Greene, CEO Museum Victoria said the 400 gamer would be featured at a state-of-the-art display that would honour his great career.
“What a great tribute this will be to one of the great AFL stories,” said Dr Greene.
“To make it as lifelike as possible, we’ll have a taxidermist at the final round, to ensure he is preserved just like we remembered him.
“We’ll have him on display in a glass box within hours of him finishing his career, right next to Phar Lap.”
However, not everyone has reacted positively to the plan with some calling for the plan to not go ahead.
Essendon footballer Dustin Fletcher says the idea is ‘horrible’ and said he was actually looking forward to a life after football.
“Being stuffed and mounted the minute I finish my footy career is just ghoulish. What is wrong with you people?”
“I don’t even like media interviews, why would I want to be on display for all time? Get one of those wax figures if you have to.”
Former coach Kevin Sheedy says Dustin needs to see the bigger picture.
“This is about honouring one of the great Essendon players and his extraordinary career. This is bigger than him.”
“A wax figure wouldn’t work at all, those things always look terrible and you can tell they’re fake.
“No, Dustin is just going to have to cop this one on the chin. He should be thanking us all for doing this and stop being ungrateful.”
However, the plan could be in trouble with a Victoria Police spokesperson saying the plan was ‘really, really illegal’.
“It’s a bit too Silence of the Lambs-y to be a good idea,” the police spokesperson said.
COMMENTS
katieoh9
Sep 02, 2015
TitusOReily this I like.
Adam Taxakis
Sep 02, 2015
Lol Billal Ali
garyh007
Sep 02, 2015
TitusOReily what again
Katherine McCarthy
Sep 02, 2015
Keith Pascoe
Luke Balia
Sep 02, 2015
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Brendan Cahill
Sep 02, 2015
Some of your best work.
Daniel Barnes
Sep 02, 2015
David Coghlan
Brendan Cahill
Sep 02, 2015
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Charlie EG
Sep 02, 2015
As if things being 'really, really illegal' has ever stopped anybody from stuffing Essendon players full of foreign substances.
Rhiannon McConnell
Sep 02, 2015
Steven Jackway U0001f606
Liam Whitchell
Sep 02, 2015
Michael Williamson
Snert Underpant
Sep 02, 2015
My great, great, great Uncle Horrie Underpant who came to Australia in 1871 had an old leather footy which he claimed Dustin had signed for him after his first game.
Steven Jackway
Sep 02, 2015
I can never figure out those new emojie things. Is that a sigh or a smile or what?!
Rhiannon McConnell
Sep 02, 2015
It's a laugh? Like without the tears U0001f602
Steven Jackway
Sep 02, 2015
Looks like the face is having a nice dream personally
Daniel Saracino
Sep 02, 2015
Brad Loader Marcus Binks
Shane Maginness
Sep 02, 2015
With a needle in his arm!U0001f602
Darren O'Leary
Sep 02, 2015
Phar Lap style?
Who's doing the taxidermy work?
Billal Ali
Sep 02, 2015
Lol as a tin gadget
Adam Taxakis
Sep 02, 2015
Hahaha, how much we love this bloke & we will probably never have another
Nicholas Anderson
Sep 02, 2015
Stewart Thompson this headline is gold haha
Dave Eagland
Sep 02, 2015
Larry McInerney
scolar1971
Sep 02, 2015
TitusOReily Next to Phar Lap, big red and skinny red!
TravisLapthorne
Sep 02, 2015
TitusOReily probably be beneficial if he was stuffed and mounted in the Melbourne backline
pisstaker
Sep 02, 2015
TravisLapthorne TitusOReily Melbourne backline is stuffed, and has been well and truly mounted.
VeteranDave
Sep 02, 2015
TitusOReily Half way there already.
Larry McInerney
Sep 02, 2015
Move over Phar Lap....here comes Dustin
Mathew Rodda
Sep 02, 2015
Most Essendon players have been stuffed this season.
Norah McNulty
Sep 02, 2015
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Bomberboy88
Sep 03, 2015
shayne1963 Jovigirl9 when I first saw the article, I barely recognised him
Justin Hames
Sep 03, 2015
Ryan Cameron Bradley Pinnegar
kayehughes36
Sep 03, 2015
TitusOReily thank you for always making me smile after reading your articles even when I am really sick and do not have much to smile about
TitusOReily
Sep 03, 2015
kayehughes36 I'm glad they do. I hope you're OK.
kayehughes36
Sep 03, 2015
TitusOReily Robbo_heraldsun & rohan_connolly make my life easier on the difficult dark days. Thank you to the 3 of you for what you do.
AjFez1
Sep 03, 2015
ubermild All over it! Couldn't think of a better way to honour a true legend of EssendonFC
Adrian Miller
Sep 04, 2015
True story, I got my jumper signed by Fletch when I was 11 years old at a Windy Hill function. I'm now 33.
Kyle Garrett Brown
Sep 06, 2015
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