Jack Ziebell, a retiring AFL icon, was hospitalized following a 'unprovoked incident'

A retiring AFL player was hospitalized following a "unprovoked incident" outside a Melbourne pub.

Jack Ziebell had been celebrating his final match at a function earlier in the evening, according to a statement released by his club, North Melbourne.

After the game, he and his colleagues' staff went to a South Yarra bar.

The club stated that Ziebell was "set upon" by a group of men in a &quo....