The key position prospect was being groomed for the full-back role during a 12-game stint in 2006, but his confidence received a battering after Anthony Rocca kicked eight goals on him in round two of that year.

Dawson played in 20 of 22 matches in the 2009 home and away rounds in which St Kilda qualified in first position for the finals, winning the club's third minor premiership.

Dawson played 20 games in 2010, and was named St Kilda's player of the finals series (jointly with Lenny Hayes).

[4] He moved to Fremantle Dockers for the 2012 season, reuniting him with former St Kilda coach Ross Lyon.

Zac Dawson's ability to organise his teammates has been crucial in Ross Lyon's 'defensive chain' at St Kilda and now at Fremantle.