Career
He was picked up by the tigers with pick 41 in the 2002 American Federation of Labor-Congress National Draft. Known as a hard, tough player, that worked hard. Fleming played 45 games before leaving the club when Terry Wallace arrived.
Fleming was involved in a controversial incident where Street Kilda star Nick Riewoldt was knocked unconscious and carried from the ground.
Before arriving at Richmond he played with Carlton, winning the last Carlton stand alone reserve best and fairest in 2002. Originally from Broadford where he played his junior football, along with Assumption College, he later played for Old Xaverians Football Club winning 5 premierships before being drafted as mature recruit to Carlton Football Club. Fleming also played one year with South Adelaide Panthers in the SANFL coming runners up best and fairest.
He returned to Old Xaverians Football Club to captain the club to a premiership in 2009. Fleming captained the Victorian Amateur Football Association on a number of occasions, leading the team to a narrow victory against the Eastern Football League in the 2009 Bush Fire Appeal exhibition match.
Fleming is set to play a major part in the Warriors upcoming campaign to take out the Asian Australian Football Championships in October 2015.