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Fremantle will take two second round draft picks into Friday’s NAB AFL Draft in Sydney, with sections 35 and 40 up their sleeve.
The club’s first ever second round draft pick brought Winston Abraham into the club in 1994. His ability to kick freak goals excited the fans, kicking the 1996 goal of the year.
In 2005, Fremantle’s second round pick delivered current player and Life Member Garrick Ibbotson, who has played 167 games for Fremantle.
With 141 and 144 games under their belt respectively, Fremantle's two second rounders from 2008 in Hayden Ballantyne and Nick Suban are likely to join Ibbotson with Life Membership if they reach the 150-game milestone.
In recent years, the club has bolstered their future through the selections of second rounders Connor Blakely with pick 24 in 2014, and the promising Darcy Tucker (27) and Harley Balic (38) at last year’s draft.
But since the turn of the millennium, two names stand out as Fremantle’s greatest second round picks
David Mundy. No 19, 2003
Alongside Matthew Pavlich, David Mundy is one of only two players to have surpassed 250 games with the club.
Mundy picked up the Beacon Award as the club’s best first year player in 2005 and never looked back, winning the Doig Medal in 2010, earning Life Membership in 2012 and All-Australian honours in 2016.
Mundy was named captain of the side in 2016, and ahead of his 250th game former Freo player Luke McPharlin hailed Mundy as Fremantle’s second greatest player behind Matthew Pavlich.
"At his best, I think he ranks second to Pav, in my opinion,” said McPharlin, who is third in Fremantle’s all-time games played list
"I think what separates David a little bit is just his incredible decision making and his ability to execute under pressure."
Nathan Fyfe. No.20 2009
In the years following the 2009 draft, clubs were left scratching their heads wondering how they let Nat Fyfe slip through their fingers.
The 2015 Brownlow Medallist is the only active player who has averaged more than one vote per game played, sitting alongside three-time Brownlow winner Haydn Bunton with the highest average in league history on 1.04 votes per game.
Fyfe has established himself as one of the leading contested ball players in the competition iIn an era where congested play is valued higher than ever.
In his Brownlow year, Fyfe won one-on-one contests 68 per cent of the time, while the league average was at 23 per cent.
Fyfe polled 31 votes in 2015, with 17 votes from the first eight rounds of the season, breaking Chris Judd’s record of 16.