Best & Fairest 1978 Ken Fletcher (born 21 January 1948) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Bombers.
A former Essendon High School student who grew up in East Keilor, Victoria, Fletcher had two footballers as neighbours: Ken Peucker (played with Essendon) and Ted Flemming, a WA Sandover Medal winner (1930).
Ken and his older brother practised football skills daily in a nearby paddock as teenagers.
A broken leg forced him to retire in 1980, and he left the club as their fourth-most-experienced player in Essendon's history (ranked 11th as of 2024).
Their record was finalised at 664 total games upon Dustin's retirement in 2015, aged 40, who is one of only five players in the history of the VFL/AFL to accomplish the 400-game milestone.