1. Dane Swan was born on 25 February 1984 and is a former elite professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League.
47 Facts About Dane Swan
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Dane Swan was a premiership player, a Brownlow Medallist, a three-time Copeland Trophy recipient, a Leigh Matthews Trophy recipient, and a five-time All-Australian.
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Dane Swan was notably runner-up in the 2017 reality TV show I'm a Celebrity.
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Dane Swan was born in Melbourne to Billy and Deidre Dane Swan.
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Dane Swan is a direct descendant of Thomas Flanagan, an Irish convict transported to Australia in 1849.
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Dane Swan's father Billy Swan was a highly decorated footballer in the VFA, winning the JJ Liston Trophy twice and playing a competition record 302 games with Port Melbourne and Williamstown from 1976 to 1993.
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Dane Swan grew up playing junior football for the Westmeadows Football Club in the Essendon District Football League, and attended St Bernard's College in Essendon before playing his under-18 football with the Calder Cannons in the TAC Cup.
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Dane Swan was recruited by the Collingwood Football Club with pick 58 in the 2001 AFL draft.
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Dane Swan made his debut in June 2003 at the age of 19, though he only played three games.
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Dane Swan managed just 30 games in his first four seasons in the system at Collingwood, and although he played some solid football in that time, he was not regarded as outstanding.
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Dane Swan played much of this time with Williamstown, which was then Collingwood's VFL-affiliate, and he was a member of its 2003 premiership team.
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Dane Swan mainly rotated through the midfield and moved forward when required.
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Dane Swan led the team in total disposals and kicks, second in marks, and third in handballs and tackles.
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Dane Swan had 14 games of 25 possessions or more and kicked two or more goals on six occasions.
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Round 10 against West Coast was one of Dane Swan's best, collecting 34 possessions, 10 marks and two goals.
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Dane Swan was one of the AFL's most prolific ball winners, along with being an in-and-under specialist winning the contested ball at most stoppages whilst running hard.
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In Collingwood's 2009 round 10 clash against Port Adelaide, Dane Swan obtained 48 possessions, 22 kicks and 26 handballs.
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Dane Swan was ranked third for total inside-50s, fourth in total goal assists, first in total kicks, fourteenth in total handballs, first in total disposals, tenth in total marks, fifth in inside-50s per game, thirteenth in goal assists per game, second in kicks per game, second in disposals per game.
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Dane Swan was voted runner-up at the AFLPA MVP awards, finishing behind Gary Ablett.
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Dane Swan was regarded as one of the front-runners for the Brownlow Medal, but finished outside the top ten.
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Dane Swan was selected in the 2009 All-Australian team, but controversially as a half forward flanker, rather than as a midfielder, which is his usual position.
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Dane Swan averaged 31.8 disposals, including 19 kicks per game, totalling a then AFL record 820 disposals for the season.
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Dane Swan's consistent season was a cornerstone to Collingwood's fifteenth premiership, to the point of having his tattoos referenced on the Herald Sun premiership poster.
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Dane Swan finished third in the Brownlow Medal count, having started favourite.
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Dane Swan attained 40 disposals in round 2 against North Melbourne but sustained a quad injury close to the midway point of the season and his form deteriorated.
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Dane Swan received some criticism early on in the 2012 season and was accused of being unfit and "too fat".
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Dane Swan missed two games midway through the season due to a hamstring injury, then returned for the Queen's Birthday clash in Round 11 against Melbourne, where he finished with a game high 42 possessions.
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Strong performances over the following two months saw Dane Swan rise in the Brownlow Medal betting, to become one of the favourites behind Jobe Watson, Scott Thompson and Gary Ablett.
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Dane Swan was later found to have broken a pledge made by the playing group to abstain from drinking alcohol for the remainder of the season.
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Dane Swan had over 40 disposals in six different games, reaching a new career high of 49 against Hawthorn in the round 17 loss, he didn't have below 25 disposals.
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Dane Swan was named on the bench in the All-Australian team, his fourth selection in his career.
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Dane Swan started the season averaging 30 possessions in the first three matches.
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In round 4, Dane Swan played his 200th AFL game against an unbeaten Richmond, producing an almost best on ground performance and was only bettered by teammate Travis Cloke, who kicked a career best seven goals.
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Dane Swan finished first in overall disposals, and equal seventh in total inside-50s.
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Dane Swan was selected as the ruck-rover in the 2013 All-Australian team, the fifth consecutive year he was included.
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Dane Swan finished third in the Brownlow Medal with 26 votes, losing by two to the winner Gary Ablett, and one to second-placed Joel Selwood.
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Dane Swan notched 30 disposals in 11 games during 2015, and played every game in 2015 apart from Collingwood's round 23 clash against Essendon due to a knee injury he sustained the week before.
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Dane Swan accumulated an average of 26.85 disposals per game during his AFL career, which at the time of his retirement was the second-highest average of all time behind only Greg Williams.
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In 2003, Dane Swan was arrested with two others following a brawl at Federation Square in which a security guard was knocked unconscious, and another man was left with a permanent brain injury.
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Dane Swan was charged with 13 offences, including assault, affray and intentionally causing serious injury.
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Dane Swan was convicted of affray and ordered to perform 100 hours of community service.
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Coach Mick Malthouse gave him a second chance, believing that Dane Swan did not deserve to have his career derailed because of one stupid decision.
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In March 2010, Dane Swan hit a parked truck on the way from his house to training.
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Four months later, Dane Swan was hit in the mouth at a nightclub.
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In June 2014, Dane Swan attended a fundraising event hosted by John Gatto, the brother of underworld figure Mick Gatto.
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In May 2018, explicit video footage of Dane Swan was leaked, leading to a police investigation.
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Dane Swan has been with his girlfriend, Taylor Wilson, since 2010.