Former Hawthorn premiership defender James Frawley has called it quits for a second time, after a short retirement spell was interrupted by a one-season comeback tour with St Kilda.

The nephew of the late Saints great, Danny Frawley, he played just the two games for the Moorabbin men, following 100 at Melbourne and a further 139 - and the 2015 AFL Premiership - at the Hawks.

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Frawley was named on the last line of defense in the 2010 All Australian team.

โ€œIโ€™ve loved my time at St Kilda, albeit I spent more time on the sidelines than I would have liked,โ€ Frawley told saints.com.au, having suffered through a number of injury setbacks throughout the season.

โ€œI thank Brett Ratten, James Gallagher and Jarryd Roughead for the opportunity, and my family for allowing me to have one last crack.

โ€œItโ€™s a club full of great people who all really embraced my family and I.

โ€œNow Iโ€™m looking forward to retirement and spending more time with the people I love.โ€

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St Kilda's Head of List Management, James Gallagher, congratulated Frawley on a decorated career.

โ€œDespite only lining up in Saints colours twice, the influence and experience heโ€™s provided our young backline had been immense.

โ€œ'Chip' has achieved everything nearly everything possible as an AFL footballer, and we wish him all the best in his well-deserved retirement."