The Sydney Swans are an Australian rules football club based in Sydney, New South Wales. The men's team competes in the Australian Football League and the women's team in the AFL Women's competition. The club's origins trace back to 21 March 1873, when a meeting at the Clarendon Hotel in South Melbourne set up a junior club called the South Melbourne Football Club. It joined the Victorian Football Association in 1878 and the breakaway Victorian Football League as a founding member in 1897. It was first known as the Bloods for the red on its guernseys, adopted the swan emblem in 1933, and in 1982 became the first professional Australian football club to permanently relocate interstate. The Swans have won five VFL and AFL premierships, and they play their home matches at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
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based in Sydney, New South Wales
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the first professional Australian football club to permanently relocate interstate
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origins trace back to 21 March 1873
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The Swans have won five VFL/AFL premierships
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a 48,000 capacity venue
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based in Sydney, New South Wales
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are an Australian rules football club based in Sydney, New South Wales
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The men's team competes in the Australian Football League (AFL)
View the SourceTom Mitchell (Wikipedia)
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played for the Sydney Swans
Paul Kelly (Wikipedia)
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captain of the Sydney Swans for ten seasons
Adam Goodes (Wikipedia)
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played for the Sydney Swans
Greg Williams (Wikipedia)
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represented Geelong, the Sydney Swans and Carlton
Tony Lockett (Wikipedia)
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played for the St Kilda Football Club and Sydney Swans
Dermott Brereton (Wikipedia)
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played for the Hawthorn Football Club, Sydney Swans and Collingwood Football Club
Paul Roos (Wikipedia)
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As a player, he represented Fitzroy and Sydney during the 1980s and 1990s.
Barry Hall (Wikipedia)
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captaining the Sydney Swans to their 2005 AFL Grand Final victory
Leo Barry (Wikipedia)
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with the Sydney Swans
Terry Daniher (Wikipedia)
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Daniher played 19 games for South Melbourne
Merv Neagle (Wikipedia)
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represented Essendon and Sydney in the Australian Football League
Warwick Capper (Wikipedia)
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played for the Sydney Swans and the Brisbane Bears
Gary Rohan (Wikipedia)
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played for the Sydney Swans and Geelong Cats
Bob Pratt Jr. (Wikipedia)
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played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL)
Barry Round (Wikipedia)
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He played 328 games (135 for Footscray and 193 for South Melbourne/Sydney)
Gerard Healy (Wikipedia)
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moving to the Sydney Swans at the beginning of the 1986 season
Charlie Curnow (Wikipedia)
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plays as a key forward for the Sydney Swans
Ryan O'Keefe (Wikipedia)
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with the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL)
Isaac Heeney (Wikipedia)
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who plays for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL)
Darren Jolly (Wikipedia)
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played for the Melbourne Football Club, the Sydney Swans and the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL)
Daniel Hannebery (Wikipedia)
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He previously played for the Sydney Swans from 2009 to 2018 and for the St Kilda Football Club from 2019 to 2022.
Zak Jones (Wikipedia)
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played for the Sydney Swans and St Kilda in the Australian Football League (AFL)
Zac Foot (Wikipedia)
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previously for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL)
Ben Paton (Wikipedia)
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played for St Kilda and Sydney in the Australian Football League (AFL)
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