Steven Dodd (born 20 June 1983) is a former

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er who primarily played as a backman for the

Fremantle Football Club The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Dockers or colloquially Freo, is a professional Australian rules football club competing in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. The team was founded in 1994 to represen ...

in the

Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional sports, professional competition of Australian rules football. It was originally named the Victorian Football League (VFL) and was founded in 1896 as a breakaway competition ...

. He was drafted with the 51st selection in the 2003 AFL Rookie Draft whilst playing with

East Fremantle East is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fact that eas ...

. After being elevated from the rookie list for the 2004 season, he made his AFL debut against Geelong in Round 20 of 2004, when Fremantle were defeated by

Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung language, Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in Victoria, Australia, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River (Victo ...

by 50 points on one of the coldest days of football in recent times. He was reported for engaging in a melee and was fined $1500. He originally played as a key defender, but later moved into a midfield tagging role. In October 2010, Dodd was delisted by Fremantle after 101 games over seven seasons with the Dockers.Fremantle axe Steven Dodd, Tim Ruffles, Ryan Murphy, Chris Hall, Brock O'Brien and Ben Bucovaz
/ref> He is the cousin of former Fremantle player

Brad Dodd Brad Dodd (born 23 March 1977) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League (AFL). Dodd was originally rookie drafted by the Fremantle Football Club in 1997 AFL Draft from East Fremantle in the West Australian Foot ...

. After being de-listed by Fremantle, Dodd returned to his former club East Fremantle where he played until retiring at the end of the 2014 season. He played a total of 119 league games for East Fremantle as well as 3 State games for Western Australia. In 2012 he won the club fairest and Best award, the Lynn Medal

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