Sydney

full club name:

Sydney Swans

history:

The VFL football club South Melbourne were relocated to Sydney to become the Sydney Swans, and becoming the first team located outside of the traditional home of AFL Victoria.

nickname:

Swans, Bloods

Swan (bird)

club colours:

red and white

first season:

1897

home ground:

Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG)

city base:

Sydney, New South Wales

premierships:

1909, 1918, 1933, 2005

Brownlow medallists:

• Herb Matthews (1940)
• Rob Clegg (1949)
• Fred Goldsmith (1955)
• Bob Skilton (1959, 63, 68)
• Peter Bedford (1970)
• Graham Teasdale (1977)
• Barry Round (1981)
• Greg Williams (1986)
• Gerard Healy (1988)
• Paul Kelly (1995)
• Adam Goodes (2003, 2006)

wooden spoons:

1903, 1922, 1938-39 (2), 1962, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1992-94 (3)

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