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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...."

John Devaney retraces the history of South Melbourne's 'bloodstained angels' - and their modern incarnation into the Sydney Swans

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1969 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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South Melbourne's 1969 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A South Melbourne 2.64.109.1614.17 101 LOST North Melbourne 4.310.913.1415.20 110 -9 ARD Apr 5 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2 H South Melbourne 4.36.511.1014.14 98 LOST Fitzroy 6.19.611.615.10 100 -2 LAK Apr 12 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 A South Melbourne 1.07.18.311.8 74 LOST Geelong 5.611.815.1519.20 134 -60 KAR Apr 19 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 H South Melbourne 1.64.910.1213.13 91 LOST Richmond 4.611.814.1419.22 136 -45 LAK Apr 26 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
5 A South Melbourne 2.39.711.917.10 112 LOST Carlton 6.09.415.1120.17 137 -25 PRI May 3 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
6 H South Melbourne 5.17.210.514.9 93 WON St. Kilda 1.24.86.107.14 56 37 LAK May 10 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 A South Melbourne 3.45.98.129.12 66 WON Footscray 0.02.13.58.10 58 8 WES May 17 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 H South Melbourne 3.17.69.611.8 74 LOST Collingwood 6.811.1116.1718.22 130 -56 LAK May 24 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 A South Melbourne 8.19.511.614.10 94 WON Melbourne 3.54.78.119.15 69 25 MCG May 31 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 H South Melbourne 3.27.511.615.13 103 LOST Essendon 4.410.614.1118.15 123 -20 LAK Jun 14 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 A South Melbourne 4.88.1312.1914.21 105 LOST Hawthorn 4.210.520.725.13 163 -58 GLE Jun 21 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
12 H South Melbourne 5.29.610.712.11 83 WON North Melbourne 4.28.910.1111.14 80 3 LAK Jun 28 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 A South Melbourne 3.54.89.1411.14 80 LOST Fitzroy 4.39.1214.1318.21 129 -49 PRI Jul 5 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 H South Melbourne 0.67.79.1012.15 87 LOST Geelong 5.26.712.917.11 113 -26 LAK Jul 12 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 A South Melbourne 0.23.26.611.11 77 LOST Richmond 5.512.618.922.12 144 -67 MCG Jul 19 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 H South Melbourne 2.25.310.311.8 74 LOST Carlton 6.39.612.819.12 126 -52 LAK Jul 26 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 A South Melbourne 1.17.312.615.10 100 WON St. Kilda 1.53.75.129.14 68 32 MOO Aug 9 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 H South Melbourne 4.59.1112.1616.17 113 WON Footscray 4.55.128.1713.18 96 17 LAK Aug 16 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 A South Melbourne 3.34.125.186.22 58 LOST Collingwood 5.58.714.819.15 129 -71 VIC Aug 23 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
20 H South Melbourne 4.47.710.1517.18 120 WON Melbourne 4.17.68.613.7 85 35 LAK Aug 30 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
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1969 Player Stats

Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
Anderson, Ray 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0     0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Baskin, Keith 12 165 13.8 45 3.8 210 17.5 33 2.8 0 0.0     23 33 16 1.3 14 110
Bedford, Peter 19 362 19.1 155 8.2 517 27.2 89 4.7 3 0.2     49 34 26 1.4 22 178
Bennett, Stuart 7 51 7.3 41 5.9 92 13.1 20 2.9 44 6.3     5 10 8 1.1 3 51
Brandt, Graham 12 113 9.4 25 2.1 138 11.5 31 2.6 2 0.2     11 12 2 0.2 3 15
Budd, Arthur 7 79 11.3 16 2.3 95 13.6 24 3.4 1 0.1     17 21 2 0.3 4 16
Busse, Neil 1 14 14.0 0 0.0 14 14.0 4 4.0 0 0.0     1 2 0 0.0 0 0
Catlin, Sid 7 117 16.7 12 1.7 129 18.4 21 3.0 0 0.0     22 10 10 1.4 13 73
Coghlan, John 2 14 7.0 4 2.0 18 9.0 2 1.0 0 0.0     1 3 1 0.5 0 6
Cook, Russell 20 293 14.7 73 3.7 366 18.3 111 5.6 2 0.1     50 46 8 0.4 11 59
Cooper, Reuben 2 7 3.5 2 1.0 9 4.5 0 0.0 0 0.0     1 1 0 0.0 0 0
Davison, Ian 4 62 15.5 4 1.0 66 16.5 16 4.0 0 0.0     10 3 2 0.5 2 14
Dowsing, Rob 4 46 11.5 16 4.0 62 15.5 7 1.8 0 0.0     9 10 6 1.5 4 40
Doyle, Robert 10 45 4.5 15 1.5 60 6.0 15 1.5 9 0.9     12 18 3 0.3 2 20
Haenen, Tony 18 191 10.6 65 3.6 256 14.2 81 4.5 18 1.0     36 43 0 0.0 0 0
Harrison, Paul 19 187 9.8 60 3.2 247 13.0 61 3.2 0 0.0     25 34 0 0.0 0 0
Hartree, John 1 4 4.0 0 0.0 4 4.0 0 0.0 0 0.0     0 4 1 1.0 0 6
Hoffman, Steve 12 135 11.3 50 4.2 185 15.4 17 1.4 1 0.1     10 23 24 2.0 14 158
Jacobs, Graeme 18 203 11.3 55 3.1 258 14.3 63 3.5 31 1.7     45 34 24 1.3 21 165
John, Graeme 9 116 12.9 40 4.4 156 17.3 59 6.6 2 0.2     23 25 12 1.3 16 88
Lambert, Greg 18 217 12.1 39 2.2 256 14.2 50 2.8 0 0.0     38 26 1 0.1 2 8
Leahy, Terry 19 279 14.7 87 4.6 366 19.3 44 2.3 8 0.4     49 34 3 0.2 8 26
Luke, Richard 4 16 4.0 2 0.5 18 4.5 5 1.3 0 0.0     6 6 0 0.0 1 1
Luscombe, Ken 7 59 8.4 12 1.7 71 10.1 9 1.3 1 0.1     8 13 0 0.0 2 2
Matthews Jnr, Herbie 10 127 12.7 35 3.5 162 16.2 25 2.5 0 0.0     24 15 0 0.0 0 0
McAuliffe, Haydn 19 409 21.5 81 4.3 490 25.8 48 2.5 0 0.0     67 43 31 1.6 23 209
McCracken, Peter 5 44 8.8 4 0.8 48 9.6 12 2.4 0 0.0     7 7 0 0.0 4 4
McLeish, David 9 76 8.4 25 2.8 101 11.2 15 1.7 0 0.0     14 10 0 0.0 1 1
Mohr, Rod 6 33 5.5 10 1.7 43 7.2 10 1.7 1 0.2     6 7 1 0.2 0 6
Page, Graham 1 2 2.0 3 3.0 5 5.0 0 0.0 0 0.0     0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Phillips, Ken 2 13 6.5 3 1.5 16 8.0 2 1.0 0 0.0     0 2 0 0.0 0 0
Pitura, John 12 133 11.1 27 2.3 160 13.3 32 2.7 0 0.0     16 41 14 1.2 20 104
Priest, Doug 2 24 12.0 2 1.0 26 13.0 7 3.5 0 0.0     5 3 0 0.0 0 0
Rantall, John 20 277 13.9 55 2.8 332 16.6 64 3.2 0 0.0     48 40 3 0.2 0 18
Reid, Bruce 3 18 6.0 4 1.3 22 7.3 7 2.3 0 0.0     4 1 0 0.0 2 2
Richardson, Alan 6 54 9.0 62 10.3 116 19.3 17 2.8 0 0.0     20 13 9 1.5 8 62
Sudholz, John 15 128 8.5 27 1.8 155 10.3 70 4.7 10 0.7     27 42 35 2.3 28 238
Svorinich, Bob 7 57 8.1 17 2.4 74 10.6 14 2.0 0 0.0     6 17 7 1.0 7 49
Walsh, Wayne 16 280 17.5 45 2.8 325 20.3 56 3.5 1 0.1     56 29 0 0.0 3 3
Way, Fred 19 187 9.8 64 3.4 251 13.2 77 4.1 401 21.1     42 38 8 0.4 4 52
Wetzel, Ron 12 81 6.8 16 1.3 97 8.1 23 1.9 0 0.0     15 22 0 0.0 2 2
Williams, Gary 2 4 2.0 1 0.5 5 2.5 2 1.0 0 0.0     0 0 0 0.0 1 1
 

Footnotes

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