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KEY FACTS

Official name
Sydney Swans Limited

Known as
Sydney

Nickname
Swans

Former name
South Melbourne

Former name date
1982-01-01

Formed
1874 (as South Melbourne); 1982 (as Swans); 1983 (as Sydney Swans)

Colours
White and red

Associated clubs
Sydney Reserves; Albert Park (Original); Sydney WFC; Sydney Academy; Sydney Academy WFC; Sydney U19s; Sydney WFC (VFLW)

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 1897–2024

Affiliation (Historical)
Victorian Football Association (VFA) 1879–1896

Home Ground
S.C.G.

AFL Premierships
2005, 2012 (2 total)

VFL Premierships
1909, 1918, 1933 (3 total)

VFA Premierships
1881, 1885, 1888-9-90 (5 total)

Senior Premierships
Championship of Australia - 1909; VFL Night Series - 1956-7, 1960, 1982 (4 total); McClelland Trophy - 1996, 2014, 2016 (3 total)

Most Games
372 - Adam Goodes (1999-2015)

Most Goals
681 - Bob Pratt (1930-39; 1946)

League Top Goalkickers
R.Pratt (109) 1933, (150) 1934 & (103) 1935; L.White (80) 1942; A.Lockett (121) 1996 & (109) 1998; B.Hall (80) 2005; L.Franklin (79) 2014 & (73) 2017 (5 winners/9 wins)

Brownlow Medalists
Herbie Matthews 1940; Ron Clegg 1949; Fred Goldsmith 1955; Bob Skilton 1959, 1963 & 1968; Peter Bedford 1970; Graham Teasdale 1977; Barry Round 1981; Greg Williams 1986; Gerard Healy 1988; Paul Kelly 1995; Adam Goodes 2003 & 2006 (11 medallists/14 medals)

Headquarters
Light Tower #4 Driver Ave, Moore Park, NSW 2021

Postal Address
PO Box 173 Paddington, NSW, 2021

Phone: 1300 663 819 

Website
sydneyswans.com.au

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"In retrospect, the 1986-7 period can be seen as something of a false dawn for the Sydney experiment, with the ensuing seven seasons proving as bleak as almost any in the club's long and often tortured past. The private ownership experiment was also a failure. In the end, the club owners overstretched themselves and the club ended up in a much worse position financially than it had been before the move to Sydney...."

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1960 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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South Melbourne's 1960 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H South Melbourne 5.312.1014.1117.12 114 WON St. Kilda 1.33.67.138.15 63 51 LAK Apr 16 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
2 A South Melbourne 3.17.411.614.6 90 LOST Geelong 4.29.515.720.14 134 -44 KAR Apr 30 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
3 A South Melbourne 0.52.64.96.10 46 LOST Melbourne 0.37.710.1116.14 110 -64 MCG May 7 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
4 H South Melbourne 4.26.67.911.12 78 WON North Melbourne 1.33.63.65.8 38 40 LAK May 14 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
5 A South Melbourne 1.04.54.64.7 31 LOST Richmond 3.14.17.47.5 47 -16 PUN May 21 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
6 H South Melbourne 3.17.510.612.8 80 WON Collingwood 5.06.47.911.12 78 2 LAK May 28 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
7 A South Melbourne 1.14.69.1113.13 91 WON Carlton 4.37.610.811.13 79 12 PRI Jun 4 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
8 H South Melbourne 7.38.612.1013.12 90 LOST Fitzroy 4.26.56.713.13 91 -1 LAK Jun 11 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
9 A South Melbourne 3.64.96.1012.15 87 LOST Essendon 4.38.812.813.10 88 -1 WIN Jun 18 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
10 H South Melbourne 4.38.310.511.7 73 LOST Hawthorn 2.14.39.613.6 84 -11 LAK Jun 25 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
11 A South Melbourne 4.44.68.98.9 57 WON Footscray 0.23.54.87.12 54 3 WES Jul 9 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
12 A South Melbourne 1.06.37.39.3 57 LOST St. Kilda 5.45.710.1011.13 79 -22 JUN Jul 16 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
13 H South Melbourne 4.27.68.1210.20 80 WON Geelong 1.34.89.1011.13 79 1 LAK Jul 23 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
14 H South Melbourne 2.34.64.610.10 70 LOST Melbourne 4.57.615.1116.13 109 -39 LAK Jul 30 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
15 A South Melbourne 0.72.126.169.20 74 LOST North Melbourne 5.47.812.1014.16 100 -26 ARD Aug 6 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
16 H South Melbourne 4.57.99.1213.13 91 WON Richmond 1.34.54.77.12 54 37 LAK Aug 13 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
17 A South Melbourne 0.41.82.95.9 39 LOST Collingwood 3.04.25.38.3 51 -12 VIC Aug 20 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
18 H South Melbourne 1.36.56.78.8 56 LOST Carlton 2.35.57.811.9 75 -19 LAK Aug 27 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
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1960 Player Stats

Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
Appleyard, Percy 6                             6 1.0    
Barrett, Ken 2                             0 0.0    
Bennett, Brian 12                             22 1.8    
Boyd, Ken 17                             9 0.5    
Brain, Terry 3                             1 0.3    
Brennan, Gerald 3                             1 0.3    
Briglia, Paul 3                             5 1.7    
Burke, Dick 9                             7 0.8    
Chisholm, Bob 3                             2 0.7    
Chisholm, Brian 12                             1 0.1    
Clegg, Ron 13                             10 0.8    
Crough, Gerald 7                             2 0.3    
Deacon, Cliff 10                             1 0.1    
Dunn, Albie 4                             0 0.0    
Gunstone, Henry 7                             2 0.3    
Hepner, Fred 3                             0 0.0    
Heriot, John 18                             0 0.0    
Hogan, Kevin 4                             0 0.0    
Johnson, Frank 17                             6 0.4    
Kelton, John 8                             0 0.0    
Kiteley, Jeff 16                             0 0.0    
Landorf, Ray 5                             0 0.0    
McCormack, Ken 18                             2 0.1    
McGowan, Brian 18                             22 1.2    
McKenzie, Norm 11                             1 0.1    
McLaughlin Jnr, Hugh 16                             0 0.0    
Munn, Bob 8                             5 0.6    
Oaten, Max 18                             39 2.2    
Porta, Ron 16                             0 0.0    
Power, Bill 12                             9 0.8    
Rice, Peter 12                             5 0.4    
Skilton Jnr, Bob 16                             22 1.4    
Tampion, Ian 5                             0 0.0    
Taube, Greg 1                             0 0.0    
Taylor, Jim 8                             0 0.0    
Trethowan, John 4                             0 0.0    
Woolley, John 4                             0 0.0    
Younger, Marshall 11                             5 0.5    
 

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.