Dane Swan

Dane Swan (born 25 February 1984) is an Australian rules footballer for Collingwood in the Australian Football League. Since 2007 Swan has emerged as one of the AFL's elite midfielders, winner of the prestigious Brownlow Medal in 2011 with a record tally of 34 votes. He has been selected in the All-Australian team three times and has an AFL Players Association Most Valuable Player award. Swan has also proven to be a Collingwood great, having won the Best and Fairest Award three years running from 2008-2010. Swan was born in Melbourne, Victoria to parents Billy and Deidre Swan. His father Billy Swan played 302 games with Port Melbourne and Williamstown from 1976–1993. He grew up playing junior football for the Westmeadows Football Club...