In 2004, the Port Adelaide Football Club stood at the summit of the AFL world — and standing at the top of the club was Warren Tredrea.

"It doesn't seem too real out here," he told a TV interviewer following the final siren on the last Saturday in September.

The venue was the MCG, the occasion was the grand final, and Tredrea — who was captain that day — was basking in the glow of victory.

The Power had beaten Brisbane by 40 points to claim what was its first , and remains its only, AFL premiership.

"We knew our best was good enough, and today we proved it,"

Tredrea said.

That September triumph 21 years ago cemented Tredrea's place as a Port Adelaide icon and the brightest star of the club's AFL era.

But now, the club that continues to describe Tredrea as one of its greatest-ever

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