Port Adelaide's Travis Boak has called time on his glittering career, and will officially hang up the boots at season's end.
Boak will end his time at the Power as the club's games record holder, and could reach 387 matches at the end of the 2025 campaign.
The 37-year-old was originally drafted by the Alberton club with Pick 5 in the 2006 National Draft from the Geelong Falcons.
"After 19 years at AFL level, it feels like now is the right time to finish my career," Boak said.
"I'm incredibly grateful to have had the career I've had, and at a club I truly love. Being a one-club player is really special to me, and it's certainly not lost on me how lucky I have been.
"I have played alongside some of the greatest footballers, and people, I could have hoped to meet. From Robbie Gray to Ollie Wines, Sam Powell-Pepper to the new generation in Connor Rozee, Zak Butters and Jason Horne-Francis, it's been an incredible ride.
"Thank you to the club, to my family, my teammates and my coaches for the memories over the years. The highs and lows are what makes footy exciting, and those moments are what connect a group in a significant and authentic way.
"More than football, I hope to be remembered as someone who always carried myself in the right way, and gave people my time. A human being first, and an athlete second.
"The Port Adelaide fans are loud, passionate, and supportive. They demand success. And while I haven't been able to help deliver them an elusive second AFL premiership, I can't wait to sit back and watch on as this club does that for them.
"I'll forever be a Port Adelaide person, and I'll forever be grateful for this part of my life."
After debuting in Round 12 in 2007, Boak managed to hold his spot up until the Grand Final against Geelong.
The ever-durable midfielder continued his rise to stardom, which culminated in the attempts to lure him home from the Cats ahead of 2013.
Denying the interest from the Victorian side, Boak was made captain under new coach Ken Hinkley, taking the club into a new era.
Donning the famous No.1, Boak would lead the Power for six seasons, claiming two All-Australian blazers (2013, 2014) during that time. He'd finish fourth in the Brownlow in 2014.
A third All-Australian nod came in the 2020 COVID-19-impacted year, where he also finished second in the Brownlow, behind Lachie Neale. Port Adelaide finished the season on top of the ladder, but fell agonisingly short to Richmond in the preliminary final.
Throughout his prime, Boak would also claim two John Cahill medals (2011, 2019) as well as three Showdown medals (2013, 2020, 2021).
He's represented Australia in the International Series in 2014 and 2017, as well as Victoria in the 2020 one-off State of Origin contest.
Boak, along with Essendon's Todd Goldstein, remains the only player from the 2006 draft on an AFL list.
Travis Boak's career achievements
Games: 384*
Goals: 214
Draft: #5, 2006 AFL National Draft
AFL Honours
• Jim Stynes Community Leadership Award (2021)
• All-Australian (2013, 2014, 2020)
• Runner-up Brownlow Medal (2020)
• Runner-up AFLPA MVP (2020)
• Runner-up AFLCA Champion Player of the Year (2020)
• All-Australian nominee (2019)
• Peter Badcoe Medal (2014, 2014, 2019)
• Showdown Medal (2013, 2020, 2021)
• Shanghai Medal (2018, 2019)
• International Rules (2014, 2017)
• Rising Star nominee (Round 19, 2007)
Club Honours
• Fos Williams Medal (2013, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
• Runner-up Best & Fairest (2013, 2014, 2020, 2021, 2022)
• John McCarthy Award (2019, 2021)
• John Cahill Medal (2011, 2019)
• Captain (2013-18)
• Life Member (2016)
• Gavin Wanganeen Medal (2009)
• Coaches' Award (2008)
