He holds the record for the most AFL games ever played for the Port Adelaide Football Club, and now Travis Boak is hoping for another win after listing his Somerton Park home for sale.<\/p>\n
The former captain has just listed the 1 Fairfield Ave home he bought in 2013 as he leaves SA after a successful 19-season career with the Power and heads back to his home state of Victoria, where the star midfielder will work with Carlton Football Club\u2019s leadership and culture teams, and also with another business in the leadership space.<\/p>\n
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Boak celebrates a win against the Gold Coast Suns at Adelaide Oval. Photo by Mark Brake\/Getty Images<\/p>\n
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Boak is chaired off by Ollie Wines and Sam Powell-Pepper of the Power during the round 24 AFL match between Port Adelaide Power and Gold Coast Suns. (Photo by Mark Brake\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
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1 Fairfield Ave, Somerton Park\u2019s elegant facade. Pic: Pierce Mason Stephens<\/p>\n
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The spacious rear yard. Pic: Pierce Mason Stephens<\/p>\n
\u201cSomerton Park felt very much like Torquay and I remember the first time I went down there on my first trip to SA thinking to myself: \u2018I\u2019m going to live here one day\u2019,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s close to the water and it just felt like a really nice area.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy mum loves numbers and it\u2019s number 1 and at the time I was captain and she was like: \u2018It kind of makes sense\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cI knocked down and rebuilt and the build was something I had a lot to do with in terms of creating a tranquil space that I can come home to after a game, whether it was a good or a bad result, and I always felt like I was in my own little world.<\/p>\n
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Power legend Travis Boak at home in Somerton Park. Pic: Pierce Mason Stephens<\/p>\n
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Power legend Travis Boak at home in Somerton Park. Pic: Pierce Mason Stephens<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s double glazed and double brick and super quiet and I felt like I was away from everything, and it gave me time to reset and collect my thoughts away from footy.\u201d<\/p>\n
The home sits on a 950sqm block and has up to five bedrooms \u2013 or four and a home theatre \u2013 several living areas, a covered alfresco retreat with outdoor kitchen and a pool with a water feature.<\/p>\n
As much as it has been designed for a family, Boak says for the most part, aside from about six years when he had his sister, her partner and teammate Sam Powell-Pepper living with him on and off, it was his own private space.<\/p>\n
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