Australian Rules Football - Sydney Swans Football Club

Date: 1874
Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Surnames/tags: Australia Aussie Rules Football

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South Melbourne Football Club was founded in 1874 and was part of the VFA.

In 1880 amalgamated with the nearby Albert Park Football Club

In 1897 became a part of the breakaway movement that became the VFL/AFL .

In 1982 permanently relocated from Victoria to New South Wales).

In 1983 the club was renamed the Sydney Swans.

South Melbourne "Bloods" and the touring British Lions in front of the grandstand at the South Melbourne Cricket Ground in 1888. South Melbourne won 7 goals to 3

Sydney Football Club — formerly the South Melbourne Football Club also known as "Bloods", "Swans"

Photo	Name	Captain (years)	Years Played	Games (Goals)	VFA/VFL/AFL Premiership Other Career Highlight(s)	Connected
[[]]	Peter Burns	-	1885 – 1891 (VFA)	126 (100)	4 VFA Premierships as a player (1885, 1888–1890). Inducted into the Swans Hall of Fame in 2009, elevated to a Bloods Legend in 2017. Represented Victoria at Intercolonial level 14 times. Inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1996.	needs a profile.
[[]]	Albert Trim (1875 - 1954)	1901	1898 - 1901	65 (0)	-	N
	Warwick Windridge Armstrong (1879 - 1947)	-	1898-1900	16 (18)	Australian Test Cricket Captain 1920-1921.	Y
	Ted Alley (1881 - 1949)	-	1902 - 1903	16 (2)	Part of the winning Third Australian Divisional team in the 1916 Pioneer Australian Rules Football Exhibition Game, held in London, in October 1916.	Y
	Bill Dolphin (1881 - 1969)	1907 & 1908	1905 - 1911	100 (-)	Club Coach 1907 & 1908	Y
[[Image:|50px]]	Alphonsus Liguori Gough (1888 - 1930)	-	1908–1911, 1915	63 (47)	1 Premiership as a player (1909).	N
	George Bower (1884 - 1964)	-	1909 - 1914	75 (11)	Played in the Australian Training Units team for the Pioneer Exhibition Game of Australian Rules football, held in London, in October 1916.	Y
	James "Jim" Caldwell (1888 - 1929)	1918 & 1919	1909 – 1919	155 (34)	1 Premiership as Captain (1918). Club Coach in 1929.	N
	Bruce Sloss (1889 - 1917)	-	1910 – 1914	81 (44)	Team captain of the winning Third Australian Divisional team in the 1916 Pioneer Australian Rules Football Exhibition Game held in London, in October 1916. Swan's Hall of Fame Inductee of 2009. Represented Victoria five times at interstate level.	Y
[[]]	Herb Matthews Sr.	-	1914 & 1923 - 1924	32 (27)	-	needs a profile
	Carl Willis (1893 - 1930)	1921	1915, 1920-1921	29 (18)	Part of the winning Third Australian Divisional team in the 1916 Pioneer Australian Rules Football Exhibition Game held in London, in October 1916.	N
[[Image:|50px]]	Harold Robertson	-	1917 – 1921, 1923	64 (93)	1 Premiership as a player (1918). Club Leading Goal Kicker in 1919. Held the record for most goals in a game (14) from 1919-1929.	needs a profile
	Roy Cazaly (1893 - 1963)	1922	1921-1924, 1926-1927	99 (129)	Club Coach 1922, 1937–38 Played 13 times for Victoria and 5 times for Tasmania. Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1996 as one of the inaugural twelve Legends. Inducted into the Swans Hall of Fame in 2009. Elevated to Bloods Champions status in 2022.	Y
	Charles Elliot Pannam (1897 - 1961)	1926	1926–1928	45 (31)	Club Coach 1923–1928	Y
[[Image:|50px]]	Austin Robertson	-	1927 – 1937	154 (250)	Also a world champion professional sprinter.	needs a profile
	Harold Robert (Bob) Pratt	-	1930–39, 1946	158 (681)	1 Premiership as a player (1933). Club Leading Goalkicker on 6 occasions (1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1939). VFL Leading Goalkicker on 3 occasions: (1933, 1934, 1935). Australian Football Hall of Fame Legend. inducted into the Swans Hall of Fame immediately as a Bloods Legend in 2009. Swan's Team of the 20th Century member.	N
	John (Jack) Bisset (1900 - 1966)	1933–1936	1932–1936	90 (9)	Club Coach 1933–1936. 1 Premiership as Captain Coach (1933). Inducted as Coach of the Swans' official Team of the 20th Century. Inducted into the Swans Hall of Fame in 2009.	N
[[]]	Herbie Matthews	1938–1945	1932 – 1945	191 (17)	1 Premiership as a player (1933). Brownlow Medal winner in 1940. 5 South Melbourne Football Club's Best and Fairest award (1936, 1937, 1939, 1940 & 1943). Club Coach 1939, 1954–1957. Inducted into the Swans' official Team of the 20th Century. Inducted into the Swan's Hall of Fame in 2009 (Legend in 2015). Represented Victoria at Interstate level. Inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1997.	needs a profile
	Laurie Nash	1937	1933 – 1937 & 1945	99 (246)	1 Premiership as a player (1933). Club Coach 1953. 2 times South Melbourne Football Club's Leading goalkicker (1937 & 1945). South Melbourne Football Club's Hall of Fame Inductee of 2009. Named in the South Melbourne Football Club's Team of the 20th Century in 2003. Australian Football Hall of Fame Inductee of 1996. 1987 Inductee into the Tasmanian Sporting Hall of Fame. Tasmanian Australian rules Team of the 20th Century. Played for both Tasmania and Victoria at Interstate Level. Inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 2012 for both Cricket and Aussie Rules.	N
[[Image:|50px]]	Ron "Smokey" Clegg	1953-1954 & 1957-1960	1945-1954 & 1956-1960	231 (156)	Brownlow Medal winner in 1949. South Melbourne Football Club's Best & Fairest 1948, 1949 & 1951. South Melbourne Football Club's Captain-Coach 1958-1959. Swans Team of the 20th Century. A Member of the Swans Hall of Fame (Legend). Victorian State Representative on 15 occasions. Inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1996.	needs a profile.
[[Image:|50px]]	Bob Skilton	1961 – 1971	1956 – 1971	237 (412)	3 times Brownlow Medal winner in 1959, 1963 & 1968. 9 South Melbourne Football Club Best & Fairest 1958–59, 1961–65, 1967–68. 3 times South Melbourne Football Club's leading goalkicker in 1959, 1962 & 1963. South Melbourne Football Club Coach 1965 & 1966. Captain of South Melbourne's Team of the 20th Century. A Member of the Swans Hall of Fame (Legend). Represented Victoria at Interstate level. Australian Football Hall of Fame – Legend Status in 1996.	still alive
[[]]	Herb Matthews III	-	1964 – 1969	82 (22)	-	needs a profile
[[Image:|50px]]	Jeff Bray	-	1964 – 1966	34 (2)	Inducted into the South Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2007.	Y
[[Image:|50px]]	Austin Robertson Jnr.	-	1966	18 (60)	South Melbourne leading goalkicker in 1966. Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee 2015.	needs a profile
[[Image:|50px]]	Peter "Wheels" Bedford	1973–76	1968–1976	178 (325)	Brownlow Medal winner in 1970. South Melbourne Football Club Best and Fairest 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973 & 1975. South Melbourne Football Club's Leading Goalkicker from 1971-1973. Swans Team of the 20th Century. A Member of the Swans Hall of Fame (Legend). inducted to the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1999.	still alive
[[]]	Barry Round (1950 - 2022)	1980 - 1984	1976 – 1985	193 (157)	Brownlow Medal winner in 1981 Sydney Football Club Best and Fairest in 1979 & 1981 Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee in 2001. Inducted into the Swans Hall of Fame in 2009. Elevated to Bloods Champions status in 2022. Swan's Team of the 20th Century member.	N
[[]]	Gerard Healy	-	1986–1990	81 (87)	Brownlow Medal winner in 1988. 3 times named the Bob Skilton Medal winner as the Swan's Best and fairest player in 1986, 1987 and 1988. Inducted into the Sydney Swans Hall of Fame in 2009. Named in the Swans Team of the 20th Century in 2003. Inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2000.	still alive
[[Image:|50px]]	Paul Kelly	1993-2002	1990 – 2002	234 (200)	Brownlow Medal winner in 1995. Inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2007. Sydney Team of the 20th Century. All-Australian team: 1995, 1996, 1997.	still alive
[[Image:|50px]]	Michael O'Loughlin	-	1995 – 2009	303 (521)	1 Premiership as a player (2005) Inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2015. Indigenous Team of the 20th Century. All-Australian team: 1997 & 2000. Club Leading goalkicker 2000, 2001.	still alive
[[Image:|50px]]	Adam Goodes	2009–2012	1999 – 2015	372 (464)	2 Premierships as a player (2005, 2012). 2 times Brownlow Medal winner in 2003 & 2006 All-AustralianTeam: 2003, 2006, 2009, 2011. Club leading goalkicker 2009, 2010, 2011. Australian of the Year 2014.	Y

Sources

See also:

• Wikipedia : Australian Rules Football
• Wikipedia : Sydney Swans
• The Australian Football website Australian Football dot com
• Australian Football League Home of the Sydney Swans