Mason Cox, the primary American to grow to be an everyday AFL participant, has been delisted by Collingwood after 139 video games.
The 34-year-old has confirmed he won’t be with the Magpies in 2026.
In a video on Instagram, Cox thanked the membership and supporters, saying he was “fairly enthusiastic about what’s subsequent”.
The towering ruck-forward didn’t affirm if he meant to retire or attempt to prolong his profession at one other membership.
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“It is loopy to suppose that you simply’d by no means heard of a sport … to then be a premiership participant,” Cox mentioned.
“Collingwood supporters are the very best supporters on the earth.”
Cox famously debuted on Anzac Day 2016, kicking the primary objective of the sport in entrance of 85,082 folks on the MCG.
A former school basketballer, Cox was signed by Collingwood as a global rookie in 2014 after impressing at two combines — one in Los Angeles, and the second in Australia.
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After 20 video games over his first two seasons on the Magpies’ most important listing, Cox turned an everyday in 2018 as Collingwood shot again up the ladder.
In one of the vital extraordinary preliminary remaining performances, Cox powered Collingwood into the 2018 premiership decider with a towering effort to assist dethrone red-hot favourites Richmond.
The Magpies went all the way down to West Coast the next week in a thriller, however Cox turned a premiership participant 5 years later when Collingwood defeated the Brisbane Lions in an epic 2023 grand remaining.
Cox turned an Australian citizen in 2022 throughout a ceremony on the MCG.
Carrying goggles for his remaining few seasons attributable to a critical eye damage, Cox ends his time on the Magpies with 127 targets.
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