List of Sydney Swans captains

Last updated November 05, 2025

This is a list of all captains of the Sydney Swans (previously the South Melbourne Football Club), an Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League (AFL) and AFL Women's.

VFL/AFL Men

List of Sydney Swans captains (men)
Years	Captain(s)	Notes	Ref.
1897–1898	Bill Fraser	Inaugural captain
1899	Dave Adamson
1900	George Davidson Bill Windley
1901	Albert Trim
1902	Bill Windley
1903	Tom Fogarty
1904–1905	Billy McGee
1906	Herb Howson
1907–1908	Bill Dolphin
1909	Charlie Ricketts	1909 premiership captain
1910–1911	William Thomas
1912	Charlie Ricketts
1913	Harvey Kelly
1914–1915; 1917	Vic Belcher
1918–1919	Jim Caldwell	1918 premiership captain
1920	Vic Belcher
1921	Carl Willis
1922	Mark Tandy
1923–1925	Paddy Scanlan
1926–1927	Charlie Pannam
1928	Joe Scanlan
1929	Charlie Stanbridge
1930–1931	Joe Scanlan
1932	Johnny Leonard
1933–1936	Jack Bisset	1933 premiership captain
1937	Laurie Nash
1938–1945	Herbie Matthews
1946–1948	Jack Graham
1949	Bert Lucas
1950–1952	Gordon Lane
1953–1954	Ron Clegg
1955	Bill Gunn
1956	Ian Gillett
1957–1960	Ron Clegg
1961–1971	Bob Skilton
1972	John Rantall
1973–1976	Peter Bedford
1977–1979	Ricky Quade
1980–1983	Barry Round
1984	Barry Round Mark Browning
1985	Mark Browning
1986–1992	Dennis Carroll
1993–2002	Paul Kelly
2003–2005	Stuart Maxfield
2005–2007	Barry Hall Brett Kirk Leo Barry	Barry Hall 2005 premiership captain
2008	Barry Hall Leo Barry Craig Bolton
2009–2010	Craig Bolton Adam Goodes Brett Kirk
2011–2012	Adam Goodes Jarrad McVeigh	Jarrad McVeigh 2012 premiership captain
2013–2016	Kieren Jack Jarrad McVeigh
2017–2018	Josh Kennedy		^[1]
2019–2021	Josh Kennedy Dane Rampe Luke Parker
2022–2023	Callum Mills Dane Rampe Luke Parker
2024–	Callum Mills		^[2]

AFL Women

List of Sydney Swans captains (women)
Years	Captain(s)	Notes
2022–	Maddy Collier Brooke Lochland Lauren Szigeti	Inaugural co-captains

References

↑ Buckley, James (9 December 2016). "Sydney Swans name Josh Kennedy new captain in place of Jack and McVeigh". The Sydney Morning Herald .
↑ Gabelich, Josh (6 February 2024). "The power of one: Swans make huge captaincy call". AFL.com.au.

External links

Sydney Swans Honour Roll

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[1] Buckley, James (9 December 2016). "Sydney Swans name Josh Kennedy new captain in place of Jack and McVeigh". The Sydney Morning Herald .

[2] Gabelich, Josh (6 February 2024). "The power of one: Swans make huge captaincy call". AFL.com.au.

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v t e Captains of the South Melbourne Football Club/Sydney Swans
VFL/AFL	1897–1898: Fraser 1899: Adamson 1900: Windley 1901: Trim 1902: Windley 1903: Fogarty 1904–1905: McGee 1906: Howson 1907–1908: Dolphin 1909: Ricketts 1910–1911: Thomas 1912: Ricketts 1913: H. Kelly 1914–1915; 1917:* Belcher 1918–1919: Caldwell 1920: Belcher 1921: Willis 1922: Tandy 1923–1925: P. Scanlan 1926–1927: Pannam 1928: J. Scanlan 1929: Stanbridge 1930–1931: J. Scanlan 1932: Leonard 1933–1936: Bisset 1937: Nash 1938–1945: Matthews 1946–1948: Graham 1949: Lucas 1950–1952: Lane 1953–1954: Clegg 1955: Gunn 1956: Gillett 1957–1960: Clegg 1961–1971: Skilton 1972: Rantall 1973–1976: Bedford 1977–1979: Quade 1980–1984: Round 1984–1985: Browning 1986–1992: Carroll 1993–2002: P. Kelly 2003–2005: Maxfield 2006–2007: Hall/Kirk/Barry 2008: Hall/Barry/Bolton 2009–2010: Bolton/Goodes/Kirk 2011–2012: Goodes/McVeigh 2013–2016: Jack/McVeigh 2017–2018: Kennedy 2019–2021: Kennedy/Parker/Rampe 2022–2023: Mills/Parker/Rampe 2024–: Mills
AFLW	2022 (S7): Collier/Lochland/Szigeti 2023–: McEvoy/Molloy
*South Melbourne did not participate in the VFL in 1916 due to World War I

List of Sydney Swans captains

Contents

VFL/AFL Men

AFL Women

See also

References

External links