In 2024, Winderlich was named at Number 93 in Don The Stat’s Top 100 Essendon Players since 1980.

In June 2008, after playing 26 games in a season and a half, he underwent back surgery to repair a prolapsed disc, missing the rest of the year.

[6] He managed only one match for 2015 due to a back injury, and he announced his proper retirement in September.

[7] On 3 August 2024, Winderlich suffered a spinal injury while playing for Thorpdale in the Mid Gippsland Football Netball League (MGFNL).

Winderlich took a knock to the head after collecting the ball during the second quarter, and had to be flown by helicopter to The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne.