1997 Sydney Swans
Team information:
Coach - Rodney Eade
Captain - Paul Kelly
Joined AFL in 1897 (As South Melbourne)
Premierships: 3
1909, 1918, 1933
Brownlow Medal Winners: 11
Herb Mathews 1940, Fred Goldsmith 1955, Bob Skilton 1959,
1963, 1968, Peter Bedford 1970, Graham Teasdale 1977,
Barry Round 1981, Greg Williams 1986, Gerald Healy 1988,
Paul Kelly 1995.
1996 Best and Fairest: Paul Kelly
Last Season: Won 18, Lost 6, Drew 1, Finished 2nd
The Players
Name D.O.B. Ht Wt Debut Gms Goals Recruited from
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Arnott, Simon 14/02/76 185 78 1995 15 6 Collegians
Barry, Leo 19/05/77 185 85 1995 6 3 Deniliquin (NSW)
Bayes, Mark 15/03/67 190 94 1985 221 150 Noble Park
Carey, Stefan 25/01/76 197 100 1996 4 1 Pennant Hills (NSW)
Chapman, Wade 03/01/76 178 76 1994 35 10 Geelong (U18)
Cook, Troy 12/08/76 177 75 -- 0 0 Perth
Corcoran, Shannan22/2/71 182 80 1991 28 2 Glenelg/Foots/Bris
Cresswell,Daryn 22/05/71 181 86 1992 93 76 N Hobart
Crouch, Jared 05/03/78 173 77 -- 0 0 Norwood
Direen, Scott 20/10/72 180 83 1993 50 10 New Norfolk
Dunkley, Andrew 29/06/68 187 99 1992 100 7 N Launceston
Dyson, Kevin 04/05/67 180 93 1991 92 26 Melbourne
Filandia, Peter 14/05/70 172 75 1991 46 36 Doutta Stars / Essendon
Garlick, Simon 10/04/75 177 78 1994 42 26 Central Districts (U18)
Grant, Shannon 19/04/77 178 86 1995 35 20 Western (U18)
Kelly, Paul 28/07/69 181 82 1990 137 83 Wagga Tigers (NSW)
King, Clinton 24/03/78 179 67 1996 5 3 Eastern U18
Kinnear, Mark 21/08/79 190 86 -- 0 0 Kilmore/Calder U18
Lewis, Dale 04/05/69 188 84 1990 112 120 N Ballarat
Licuria, Paul 04/01/78 180 83 -- 0 0 Northern U18
Lockett, Tony 09/03/66 191 110 1983 224 1129 N Ballarat/St Kilda
Luff, Troy 22/11/69 190 88 1990 65 53 Nelson Bay (NSW)
Mangin, Stuart 08/02/77 190 95 -- 0 0 MacLeod/Northern (U18)
Mathews, Ben 29/11/78 180 83 -- 0 0 Murray U18
Maxfield,Stuart 09/04/72 178 85 1990 113 79 Richmond
McEwan, David 10/04/78 187 81 -- 0 0 North U18/Hawthorn
McPherson,Daniel05/07/75 179 83 1994 24 3 Ganmain (NSW)
Mooney, Jason 05/06/73 191 96 1992 58 26 Turvey Park (NSW)
Myles, Dion 02/05/76 188 79 1995 5 1 Baulham Hills (NSW)
Nicks, Matthew 13/05/75 184 82 1996 6 2 W Adelaide
O'Brien, Craig 03/03/70 174 88 1989 91 166 St. Kilda
O'Farrell, Brett03/01/78 195 98 -- 0 0 E.Sand/Prahran U18
O'Loughlin,Michael20/2/77 188 87 1995 36 33 Dentral District (SA)
Orchard, Mark 02/04/76 172 72 1995 12 4 Ball U18/Collingwood
Roos, Paul 27/06/63 188 88 1982 314 281 Beverley Hills/Fitzroy
Rose, Gavin 29/09/69 194 95 1992 55 4 East perth
Sangster, Will 11/10/78 198 86 -- 0 0 Bayside/Prahran U18
Seymour, Brad 03/05/76 186 84 1994 40 1 Wagga Tigers
Stafford, Greg 27/08/74 202 102 1993 39 7 Western Suburbs (NSW)
Stevens, John 15/06/72 187 84 -- 0 0 Collingwood Supp List
Warfe, Rowan 23/06/76 188 88 1994 26 1 Bendigo U18/Fitzroy
Wilson, Ben 25/02/77 191 87 1996 2 0 Norwood/Collingwood
Author: Darryl Harvey email: {darryl@myemail.com.au}
Last Updated: 22 May 1997
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