Aaron Black is surely the WA football story of the year. Yes, there is significant merit in Northampton favourite Patty Cripps winning the tightest Brownlow Medal count in many seasons. And Fremantle’s resurgence, based on A grade recruiting and the quality of people like coach Justin Longmuir and football whisperer Bob Murphy, is worth a look or two. But those deeds, remarkable and telling as they are, are in a different league to the tale of the veteran West Perth skipper.