- Barry Hall
Barry Hall (born February 8, 1977) is a forward with the Sydney Swans Australian rules football club and a prolific goalkicker. He is nicknamed "Big, Bad, Bustling Barry Hall" (also "Bazza", "Big Bad Barry" or various combinations of these) by media and football fans alike. The nickname dates back to the mid-late 1990s when it is believed Sandy Roberts, part of the Seven Network's AFL coverage, …
- Nick Davis
Nick Davis (born March 30, 1980) is an Australian rules football player with the Sydney Swans of the AFL.
- Tadhg Kennelly
Tadhg Kennelly (born 1 July 1981) is a former Gaelic football player from Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland, who is now a backline Australian rules football player for the Sydney Swans, in the AFL. He is the son of Tim Kennelly, a former All-Ireland winner with Kerry. After his debut in 2001 (following elevation from the rookie list), he now is a permanent in the Sydney line-up as a dashing rebound defender.
- Leo Barry
Leo Barry (born May 19, 1977) is an Australian rules footballer in the AFL with the Sydney Swans. Originally from Deniliquin, New South Wales, he attended St Ignatius' College, Riverview before being drafted as a zone selection in the 1994 National Draft and making his debut in the final round of the 1995 season against Collingwood. For the next few seasons he played in the forward line without consistency, struggling to find a place in an already strong forward line.
- Anthony Rocca
Anthony Rocca (born August 15, 1977) is an Australian rules footballer who has played with the Sydney Swans and Collingwood in the AFL. Of Italian descent, Rocca is the younger brother of fellow Australian rules footballer and former teammate Saverio Rocca. Known as a family man, Anthony was rated highly as a youngster and was selected with pick no.2 by the Sydney Swans in the 1994 AFL Draft. A lifelong Collingwood supporter (hailing from the Reservoir area, …
- Ryan O'Keefe
Ryan O'Keefe (born 24 January 1981) is an Australian Football League player with the Sydney Swans, and part of the Swans' 2005 premiership-winning side. O'Keefe was a member of the 2006 All-Australian side and is one of Sydney's key forwards. He is known for his superb fitness and running ability, as well as his strong marking overhead. He is among the very best in the AFL in terms of ground coverage, and can often be seen deep in the backline one minute, …
- Craig Bolton
Craig Bolton (born 31 May 1980) is an Australian rules football player who has played with the Brisbane Lions and the Sydney Swans in the AFL. He often plays on the half-back flank. Having played for the Eastlake Football Club in Canberra, and the NSW/ACT Under 18s team, Bolton was picked by Brisbane in the 3rd round of the 1998 AFL Draft. He was on the Lions' list from 1999 until 2002, …
- Cameron Mooney
Cameron Mooney (born September 26, 1979) is an Australian rules football player, currently playing for Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Mooney grew up in suburban Wagga Wagga and began playing football with Turvey Park Football Club, later representing the NSW/ACT Rams in the TAC Cup before being taken by the Kangaroos Football Club in the 1999 AFL Draft.
- Darren Jolly
Darren Jolly (born November 6 1981) is an Australian rules football player for the Sydney Swans in the AFL.
- Nick Malceski
Nick Malceski (born 15 August, 1984) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League.
- Paul Kelly
Paul Kelly (born July 28 1969) is a champion Australian rules footballer, winning the Brownlow Medal and serving as captain of the Sydney Swans for ten seasons. Born in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Kelly initially played rugby league for Wagga Brothers but turned to Australian rules football at age 15. Recruited to the AFL by the Swans, Kelly made his debut in 1990, was appointed captain in 1993, won the Brownlow Medal (the AFL's highest individual honour) in 1995, …
- Adam Goodes
Adam Goodes (born January 8, 1980) is an Australian rules football player and dual Brownlow Medal winner.He is regarded as one of the greats of the modern faster game alongside names such as Judd and Akermanis He began with the North Ballarat Rebels in the Victorian Football League, but was drafted into the Australian Football League by the Sydney Swans in 1997, as the No. 43 pick. Goodes spent the 1998 season in the reserves competition, …
- Luke Ablett
Luke Ablett (born 22 November 1982) is an Australian rules football player with the Sydney Swans of the AFL. He is the son of former Hawthorn player Kevin Ablett, who was less well known than his older brother and fellow Hawthorn player Geoff Ablett and younger brother, the legendary Geelong player Gary Ablett. Having played for local club Drouin and the Gippsland Under 18s side, Luke was drafted by Sydney in the 2nd round of the 2000 National Draft, …
- Jared Crouch
Jared Crouch is a South Australian Australian football player with the Sydney Swans of the AFL, who is colloquially known as “Crouchie” to Swans fans and media. Having played for Norwood in the SANFL, he was selected by Sydney in the first round of the 1995 National Draft. He did not make his senior debut until 1998, when he was called up to play against Collingwood in round 7, having been originally selected as an emergency for that match.
- Lewis Roberts-Thomson
Lewis Roberts-Thomson (born 8 September 1983) is a Sydney-born Australian Football League player with the Sydney Swans, originally drafted from the North Shore side. He is colloquially known to fans and commentators as either "LRT" or "Hyphen" or "Hyphenator". Having spent much of his pre-2005 career languishing as a talented, roaming key-position player, his performance in 2005, …
- Corey Jones
Corey Jones is an Australian rules footballer playing for the North Melbourne Kangaroos in the Australian Football League. Playing across the Half-Forward line, he wears the number 21 and has been consistent over the past 3 years. He kicked the winning goal against the Sydney Swans when the North Melbourne Kangaroos came back from a 40 point 3 quarter time deficit to win by 6 points.
- Paul Bevan
Paul Bevan (born 27 September 1984) is an Australian rules football player with the local Sydney Swans of the AFL. Having grown up in Sydney, playing for Western Suburbs Magpies AFC in the Sydney AFL and the NSW/ACT under-18s team, he was elevated from the Swans' rookie list in 2004. He played 24 senior games in that year and earned a nomination for the Rising Star award in round four.
- Ted Richards
Ted Richards (born January 11, 1983) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. He was recruited as the number 27 draft pick in the 2000 AFL Draft from Xavier College. He made his debut for Essendon in Round 2, 2002 against Richmond. He was traded to the Sydney Swans at the end of the 2005 season in exchange for pick No. 19 and 50. He made his debut for the Sydney Swans in Round 1, 2006, ironically against his former teammates at Essendon.
- Adam Selwood
Adam Selwood (born 1 May 1984) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the West Coast Eagles in the AFL. Selwood was recruited from Bendigo Pioneers as the Eagles' third pick, and number 53 overall in the 2002 AFL Draft. In 2003, his debut season, Selwood played two games including the losing elimination final against Adelaide. He played three games in 2004 before osteitis pubis curtailed his season.
- Brett Kirk
Brett Kirk (born 25 October 1976) is an Australian rules football player with the Sydney Swans of the AFL, and is known colloquially as "Kirky", "Captain Kirk", during the 2005 AFL Finals Series, "Captain Blood" and by teammates as "Hippy". Kirk is a hard working and onfield leader who has played in a premiership with the Sydney Swans.
- Scott Pendlebury
Scott Pendlebury (born January 7 1988) is an Australian rules footballer who plays in the Australian Football League. Originally from Sale, Pendlebury was taken with pick 5 in the 2005 National Draft by Collingwood after he impressed in his first season in the TAC Cup Under 18 Competition with the 2005 premiers, Gippsland Power. A talented sportsmen, Pendlebury was weighing up between a basketball or football career, in which he chose the latter.
- Ben Mathews
Ben Mathews (born 29 November 1978) is an Australian Football League player with the Sydney Swans, originally recruited from the Corowa-Rutherglen region of New South Wales. In 2005 he was part of the premiership-winning side that defeated the West Coast Eagles.
- Jarrad Waite
Jarrad Waite (born February 4, 1983) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. He was recruited as the number 46 draft pick in the 2001 AFL Draft from Benalla under the father-son selection rule (he is the son of former Carlton player Vin Waite.) He made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 1, 2003 against the Sydney Swans. Jarrad has made his stance in the AFL as a very prominent forward. He kicked 36 goals in the 2005 season, …
- Jude Bolton
Jude Bolton (born 15 March 1980) is an Australian rules football player with the Sydney Swans of the AFL, and is known as "Hey Jude" by some fans and portions of the media, especially 3AW commentators. Jude attended St Bernard's College Essendon, a school renowned for its sporting prowess. He played football for the school and for the Calder Cannons Under 18s team, before being selected as the 8th pick in the 1998 National Draft.
- Michael O'Loughlin
Michael K. O'Loughlin (born 20 February 1977) is an Indigenous Australian rules football player with the Sydney Swans of the AFL. Selected in the 3rd round of the 1994 National Draft, O'Loughlin played 11 senior games for the Swans in 1995 and earned a Rising Star award nomination. The following year, he was a key player in the team that won the minor premiership and then lost to North Melbourne in the Grand Final.
- Adam Hunter
Adam Hunter (born June 18, 1981) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. He was recruited as the number 29 draft pick in the 1999 AFL Draft from Swan Districts. Adam made his debut for the West Coast Eagles in Round 22, 2000 against Melbourne in which the Eagles lost. Hunter wears number 39. He weighs 81 kg (179 lb) and stands at 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) tall.
- Mark Ricciuto
Mark Anthony Ricciuto (born June 8, 1975) is a prominent Australian rules football player, representing the Adelaide Crows in the Australian Football League. Ricciuto was born in Waikerie, South Australia. After some success in local leagues, he was recruited by SANFL team West Adelaide and soon after, was recruited by the Adelaide Crows as a rookie. He debuted in the AFL in 1993. Ricciuto quickly rose to prominence in the national competition.
- Amon Buchanan
Amon Buchanan (born 10 October 1982) is an Australian rules football player from the Sydney Swans of the AFL. Buchanan grew up in the Victorian town of Colac, west of Melbourne. He played football for Colac and the Geelong Falcons Under 18s team, winning a premiership with the Falcons in 2000 and subsequently being selected by Sydney in the post-season National Draft. He made his senior debut in round 11 of the 2002 season against West Coast.
- Adam Schneider
Adam Schneider (born 12 May 1984) is a New South Wales-born Australian Football League player with the Sydney Swans. Schneider was recruited from Osbourne and NSW-ACT U18 by Sydney Swans through the 2001 AFL Draft. He was Sydney's 4th round selection, number 60 overall. During his first season at the club, Schneider suffered minor injuries and illness, that sidelined him for over three months. However, in 2003, Schneider hit the ground running.
- Jarred Moore
Jarred Moore (born March 6, 1986) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. He was recruited as the number 31 draft pick in the 2004 AFL Draft from Dandenong. He made his debut for the Sydney Swans in Round 7, 2005 against Essendon.
- Peter Everitt
Peter "Spida" Everitt (born May 3, 1974) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Sydney Swans. He is known as one of the real larrikins of the AFL. He made his debut for St. Kilda in 1993 and in 2003 began playing for Hawthorn. Everitt was traded to the Sydney Swans at the end of 2006.
- Bob Skilton
Robert John (Bob) Skilton (born November 8, 1938) was an Australian rules football player who played as a rover for South Melbourne and Victoria between 1956 and 1971. He was one of only 4 players to have won the Brownlow Medal three times - in 1959 (tied with Verdun Howell), 1963 and 1968 - and was rated by Jack Dyer as better than Haydn Bunton and equal to Dick Reynolds, making him one of the best players in the history of the game.
- Cameron Bruce
Cameron Bruce (born October 1, 1979) is a professional Australian rules football player, currently playing for the Melbourne Demons. At 21, and after one year in Melbourne's Junior Development Squad, he made his debut for Melbourne against Richmond in Round 1 of the 2000 season, kicking a goal with his first kick in AFL football. Bruce developed his game as a midfielder, but in recent years he has been used in attack, …
- Jarrad McVeigh
Jarrad McVeigh (born 7 April 1985) is a New South Wales-born AFL player with the Sydney Swans. He is also the younger brother of Essendon's, Mark McVeigh. He made his AFL debut in Round 1, 2004 and his guernsey number is 3. In 2001 he was the joint winner of the McLean Medal for best player at the National AFL Under 16 Championships.
- Luke Brennan
Luke Brennan was recruited at pick 8 in the 2002 National Draft. After just 19 games in 4 seasons, he has struggled at the elite level. He played 10 games in a row during the middle part of the 2005 season but has since failed to recapture that form. Brennan can play in different positions, but has had particular success as a spoiling defender and as a strong marking half forward. Brennan was delisted by Hawthorn at the end of the 2006 Australian Football League season.
- Barry Breen
Barry Breen (born January 7, 1948) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League, playing with St Kilda Football Club. He famously kicked a wobbly punt that bounced through for a behind that broke the deadlock with Collingwood late in the dying minutes of the 1966 Grand Final that became St Kilda's first, and to date only, premiership. Captain in 1979 and former club games record holder. Later became Sydney Swans general manager.
- Terry Wallace
Terry Wallace (born December 13, 1958) was an Australian rules football centre position player who started at Hawthorn, played briefly at Richmond and finally at Footscray. As coach, he took the Western Bulldogs from 15th in 1996 to 3rd in 1997 and 1998. Wallace employed a number of novel ideas as coach including warming up the side on the field before the match.
- Nic Fosdike
Nicholas "Nic" Fosdike (born 26 February 1980) is a South Australian born Australian rules footballer. Picked at number three in the 1998 AFL National Draft, Fosdike has played for the Sydney Swans since 1999 and was one of the best players on field during the Swan's 2005 grand final triumph with 26 disposals.
- Heath Grundy
Heath Grundy (born June 2, 1986) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. Nicknamed 'Reg' due to his namesake Reg Grundy, he was elevated from the Sydney Swans rookie list in 2005 after playing senior football with SA club Norwood and being an All-Australian under-18s player in 2004. He made an impressive senior debut in a Round 16, 2006, kicking three goals in a win against the Richmond Tigers.
- John Worsfold
John Worsfold (born September 25, 1968), known affectionately as Woosha, is the current Coach and former Premiership captain of the West Coast Eagles, a team which plays in the Australian Football League (AFL) competition.