Fraser Gehrig
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--> Fraser Gehrig (born March 3, 1976) a player for the St Kilda Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League.
Gehrig began his career at the West Coast Eagles playing full back, and became known for his height (195 cm), strength, pace off the mark and accurate kicking.
These attributes allowed him to switch to the full-forward position at St Kilda. Combined with additional weight (101 kg), he quickly became even better at kicking goals than he was at saving them, and earned the nickname "G-Train" with his locomotive like leads and strong marks.
It was during the 2003 season that Gehrig's cult status rose, with the "G-Train" sporting a mullet. His goalkicking continued to improve, and Gehrig has received back-to-back Coleman Medal medals in 2004 and 2005, breaking the stranglehold that Matthew Lloyd had on the medal for 3 of the previous 4 years. In 2004, Gehrig beat Lloyd by a number of goals to take out the Medal. During the finals series of that year he passed the 100-goals in a season milestone during a game at AAMI Stadium, with a huge pitch invasion taking place.
Unfortunately, Gehrig is known as much for his off-field indiscretions as for his on-field achievements. Gehrig's friendship with former St Kilda footballer Steven Lawrence, who was sacked from the club for drink-driving, has got him into some trouble, as has one incident involving Gehrig urinating on a patron's foot at a nightclub.
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External links
- [Fraser Gehrig profile] on [Saints.com.au]
- [Fraser Gehrig statistics] from [RLeague]
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