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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) 1897–2025

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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1971 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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South Melbourne's 1971 Fixture

Rnd
H&A
Club
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
R
Opponent
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
Mgn
Grd
Date
SC
1 A South Melbourne 1.34.116.147.18 60 LOST Melbourne 5.510.815.1324.21 165 -105 MCG Apr 3 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2 H South Melbourne 1.55.129.1612.20 92 LOST Geelong 4.29.414.816.14 110 -18 LAK Apr 10 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 A South Melbourne 1.05.410.814.9 93 LOST Footscray 3.58.712.1014.15 99 -6 WES Apr 17 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 H South Melbourne 2.23.23.95.9 39 LOST Richmond 2.38.617.1020.13 133 -94 LAK Apr 24 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
5 A South Melbourne 2.22.42.56.9 45 LOST Hawthorn 1.44.99.1612.21 93 -48 VFL May 1 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
6 H South Melbourne 5.210.612.913.14 92 LOST Carlton 4.27.511.714.10 94 -2 LAK May 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 A South Melbourne 4.16.511.816.9 105 WON Essendon 2.67.89.1212.17 89 16 WIN May 15 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 H South Melbourne 4.37.710.813.11 89 LOST Fitzroy 2.310.715.1519.19 133 -44 LAK May 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 A South Melbourne 2.25.47.510.6 66 LOST Collingwood 2.17.410.715.10 100 -34 VIC May 29 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 H South Melbourne 2.05.35.49.6 60 LOST St. Kilda 6.39.516.1418.23 131 -71 LAK Jun 5 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 A South Melbourne 5.48.1012.1613.20 98 WON North Melbourne 3.37.79.1112.17 89 9 ARD Jun 14 (Mon, 2:10) Scores
12 H South Melbourne 2.02.32.52.6 18 LOST Melbourne 1.62.95.116.13 49 -31 VFL Jun 19 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 A South Melbourne 1.13.55.119.12 66 LOST Geelong 3.37.59.613.9 87 -21 KAR Jun 26 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 H South Melbourne 6.310.613.1218.15 123 LOST Footscray 5.28.317.819.11 125 -2 LAK Jul 3 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 A South Melbourne 1.47.68.811.13 79 LOST Richmond 2.94.1310.1512.18 90 -11 MCG Jul 10 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 H South Melbourne 0.31.92.123.15 33 LOST Hawthorn 5.68.711.1211.16 82 -49 LAK Jul 17 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 A South Melbourne 1.13.39.311.7 73 LOST Carlton 5.313.720.1224.16 160 -87 PRI Jul 24 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 H South Melbourne 4.46.49.513.8 86 LOST Essendon 1.28.109.1213.18 96 -10 LAK Jul 31 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 A South Melbourne 2.26.67.98.10 58 LOST Fitzroy 5.86.810.1411.17 83 -25 JUN Aug 7 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
20 H South Melbourne 5.27.38.89.8 62 LOST Collingwood 6.711.813.918.18 126 -64 VFL Aug 14 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
21 A South Melbourne 1.22.74.86.14 50 LOST St. Kilda 3.27.411.918.14 122 -72 MOO Aug 21 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
22 H South Melbourne 5.75.817.1219.17 131 WON North Melbourne 1.12.32.58.11 59 72 LAK Aug 28 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
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1971 Player Stats

Player
GP
K
Avg
H
Avg
D
Avg
M
Avg
HO
Avg
T
Avg
FF
FA
G
Avg
B
TS
Ball, Ray 8 93 11.6 4 0.5 97 12.1 35 4.4 0 0.0     15 17 0 0.0 0 0
Baskin, Keith 8 88 11.0 28 3.5 116 14.5 22 2.8 1 0.1     7 25 7 0.9 7 49
Bedford, Peter 18 273 15.2 94 5.2 367 20.4 84 4.7 0 0.0     44 25 44 2.4 32 296
Bell, Bob 2 8 4.0 1 0.5 9 4.5 1 0.5 0 0.0     4 4 0 0.0 0 0
Brandt, Graham 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0     0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Brice, Gary 21 180 8.6 40 1.9 220 10.5 44 2.1 0 0.0     37 36 13 0.6 21 99
Brown, Peter 8 61 7.6 14 1.8 75 9.4 26 3.3 4 0.5     6 14 0 0.0 3 3
Carrodus, Trevor 2 5 2.5 1 0.5 6 3.0 0 0.0 0 0.0     1 2 2 1.0 0 12
Cook, Russell 8 85 10.6 20 2.5 105 13.1 27 3.4 3 0.4     19 14 4 0.5 1 25
Davis, Bruce 11 154 14.0 37 3.4 191 17.4 43 3.9 0 0.0     28 23 1 0.1 2 8
Doyle, Robert 12 96 8.0 44 3.7 140 11.7 38 3.2 123 10.3     37 36 4 0.3 6 30
Droscher, David 2 15 7.5 6 3.0 21 10.5 2 1.0 0 0.0     6 2 2 1.0 3 15
Gleeson, Reg 22 229 10.4 34 1.5 263 12.0 79 3.6 0 0.0     31 39 0 0.0 0 0
Grima, Robert 5 32 6.4 9 1.8 41 8.2 16 3.2 0 0.0     9 10 6 1.2 6 42
Haenen, Tony 13 110 8.5 44 3.4 154 11.8 51 3.9 14 1.1     21 27 8 0.6 6 54
Haines, Jim 9 100 11.1 10 1.1 110 12.2 34 3.8 0 0.0     20 23 0 0.0 2 2
Hay, Robert 7 82 11.7 11 1.6 93 13.3 25 3.6 0 0.0     12 11 0 0.0 0 0
Hocking, Graham 1 1 1.0 1 1.0 2 2.0 1 1.0 0 0.0     0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Hoffman, Steve 18 294 16.3 85 4.7 379 21.1 45 2.5 1 0.1     35 47 31 1.7 24 210
Hug, Ernie 15 161 10.7 25 1.7 186 12.4 85 5.7 18 1.2     16 23 0 0.0 0 0
Lambert, Greg 9 110 12.2 16 1.8 126 14.0 33 3.7 0 0.0     17 6 0 0.0 0 0
MacGregor, Duncan 1 1 1.0 0 0.0 1 1.0 0 0.0 0 0.0     1 0 0 0.0 0 0
Matthews, Dennis 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0     0 0 0 0.0 0 0
McAuliffe, Haydn 9 187 20.8 21 2.3 208 23.1 35 3.9 0 0.0     34 14 6 0.7 5 41
McCracken, Peter 9 68 7.6 7 0.8 75 8.3 12 1.3 0 0.0     18 19 1 0.1 9 15
McHenry, Russell 9 84 9.3 16 1.8 100 11.1 10 1.1 0 0.0     16 19 7 0.8 4 46
McKew, Shane 1 11 11.0 0 0.0 11 11.0 2 2.0 0 0.0     0 1 0 0.0 1 1
McLeish, David 19 196 10.3 43 2.3 239 12.6 25 1.3 0 0.0     45 41 3 0.2 3 21
Miller, Neville 12 108 9.0 19 1.6 127 10.6 47 3.9 0 0.0     19 32 14 1.2 11 95
Murphy, John 21 244 11.6 52 2.5 296 14.1 61 2.9 0 0.0     43 62 6 0.3 10 46
Officer, Stephen 5 25 5.0 12 2.4 37 7.4 12 2.4 2 0.4     3 7 2 0.4 3 15
Page, Ron 3 14 4.7 3 1.0 17 5.7 1 0.3 0 0.0     3 3 1 0.3 0 6
Pavone, Mick 4 30 7.5 2 0.5 32 8.0 11 2.8 1 0.3     5 7 2 0.5 2 14
Payne, John 1 2 2.0 1 1.0 3 3.0 1 1.0 0 0.0     0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Pitura, John 20 302 15.1 58 2.9 360 18.0 75 3.8 0 0.0     41 64 8 0.4 9 57
Prentice, Jim 12 105 8.8 23 1.9 128 10.7 39 3.3 0 0.0     10 20 8 0.7 6 54
Quade, Ricky 18 271 15.1 70 3.9 341 18.9 72 4.0 3 0.2     50 58 20 1.1 17 137
Rantall, John 22 241 11.0 19 0.9 260 11.8 78 3.5 0 0.0     58 60 1 0.0 0 6
Robertson, Garry 4 51 12.8 12 3.0 63 15.8 8 2.0 0 0.0     8 12 0 0.0 1 1
Sarich, Eric 3 28 9.3 3 1.0 31 10.3 9 3.0 0 0.0     3 1 1 0.3 0 6
Skilton Jnr, Bob 19 328 17.3 79 4.2 407 21.4 51 2.7 0 0.0     70 28 16 0.8 19 115
Sudholz, John 2 14 7.0 5 2.5 19 9.5 8 4.0 4 2.0     2 4 0 0.0 7 7
Svorinich, Bob 1 5 5.0 2 2.0 7 7.0 0 0.0 0 0.0     2 1 0 0.0 3 3
Walsh, Wayne 20 347 17.4 34 1.7 381 19.1 64 3.2 0 0.0     68 61 4 0.2 7 31
Way, Fred 20 134 6.7 95 4.8 229 11.5 60 3.0 462 23.1     44 40 5 0.3 2 32
Wilkinson, Jim 4 15 3.8 6 1.5 21 5.3 6 1.5 0 0.0     5 3 0 0.0 1 1
 

Footnotes

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