Fremantle defender Lee Spurr has announced he will retire from AFL football, after spending the entire 2018 season on the sidelines.
Spurr's season has been plagued by a knee injury, with his last game for the Dockers coming in round 18, 2017.
The backman played 120 games for Fremantle after joining the club in 2012, and played in their 2013 grand final loss to Hawthorn.
โAfter seven years Iโve come to the decision with my wife, Olivia, that itโs time for me to retire,โ Spurr told fremantle.fc.com.au.
โMy body sort of let me down a little bit this year. Iโve had some issues and it was a hard decision.
โIโve loved my time at the club. Itโs really hard to say goodbye and I wish I could play on but for me, my knee is telling me itโs time for me to go and Iโve been battling with that all year.
โThe hardest thing has been that Iโve been really close to getting back to playing three or four times this year but my knee hasnโt been able to hold up to the load.โ
Spurr was in the club's leadership group between 2014-2017 and won the Best Clubman award in 2013.
The defender was picked up from SANFL club Central Districts, and selected by the Dockers with the eighth pick in the 2012 Rookie Draft.
