PAST QUIZ
Bloods For Life - Autumn Issue 2022
HOW SWANS SAVVY ARE YOU?
Check your Answers, from page 62-63
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Question 1
Who was the Swans player from the Round 1 team in 1982 who was recruited from the Fitzroy zone under the VFL's father/son rule?
Answer:
Mark Browning (Keith Browning played 53 games 1951-1954).
Question 2
(a) Which players representing the opposition club in Round 1 1982 went on to play for the Swans; and
(b) Which player representing that club had previously played with the Swans?
Answer:
(a) Gerard Healy; Adrian Battiston; Michael Byrne; David Cordner
(b) Shane Zantuck
Question 3
Who were our Captain and Vice-Captain in 1982?
Can you name them?
Answer:
Barry Round Captain and Mark Browning Vice captain
Question 4
Who was the Coach and Assistant Coach of the Swans in 1982?
Answer:
RICK QUADE Coach and RON THOMAS Assistant Coach
Question 5
Who were the six players to debut for the Club in 1982? (Note Barry Beecroft was not one of them. Barry played for the Club in 1973-77 then returned to the club in 1982 after playing 4 seasons for Claremont in WAFL).
Answer:
GERARD NEESHAM; CRAIG BRADDY; TREVOR MUSTEY; JOHN REID; STEPHEN TAUBERT; JACK LUCAS
Question 6
Which player who represented the Club in 1982 subsequently coached another AFL club?
Answer:
GERARD NEESHAM, Fremantle Dockers 1995
Question 7
What event did the Club win on the evening of 20th July at Waverley in front of 20,000 spectators, and who did they defeat?
Answer:
1982 ESCORT CUP - NIGHT PREMIERSHIP (contested between the 12 VFL CLUBS and the top 3 WAFL and SANFL clubs from 1981) with a win over NORTH MELBOURNE 13.12.90 to 8.10.58
Question 8
Which player kicked 7 goals versus Fitzroy on June 26th 1982 at Junction Oval?
Answer:
SILVIO FOSCHINI
Question 9
Who won the Club’s 1982 Best & Fairest and who was Runner-Up?
Answer:
DAVID ACKERLY Best & Fairest and GREG SMITH Runner-Up
Question 10
How many members of the 1982 Swans list were selected in the Swans Team of the Century?
Answer:
5 - DENNIS CARROLL; DAVID MURPHY; BARRY ROUND; TONY MORWOOD; STEVIE WRIGHT
Question 11
Who was the Swans leading goal kicker for 1982?
Answer:
TONY MORWOOD
Question 12
To the nearest thousand, how many Members did South Melbourne have at the end of the 1981 season?
Answer:
1,000
Question 13
How many sets of brothers and cousins were in the 1982 squad?
Answer:
COUSINS: Dennis and Wayne Carroll;
BROTHERS: Tony, Paul and Shane Morwood
Question 14
Which player finished 6th in the 1982 Brownlow Medal?
Answer:
BARRY ROUND (15 votes)
Question 15
Which two players were selected in the 1982 AFL Team of the Year?
Answer:
DAVID ACKERLY and GREG SMITH
Question 16
In 1982, which Swans player was the reigning Brownlow Medallist (and the oldest ever winner of the Brownlow)?
Answer:
BARRY ROUND (31 years and 238 days)
Question 17
Of the 20 players who represented the Club in Round 1 of 1982, how many would go on and play for other VFL/AFL clubs?
Answer:
DAVID ACKERLY; ANTHONY DANIHER; BERNIE EVANS; SILVIO FOSCHINI; PAUL MORWOOD; DAVID RHYS-JONES; and GREG SMITH.
Question 18
How many players from South Australia were in the Swans Round 1 team in 1982?
Answer:
2. MAX JAMES and JOHN ROBERTS
Question 19
Who kicked first goal for Club in Round 1 1982?
Answer:
COLIN HOUNSELL
Question 20
Who was the Club’s Senior Runner in 1982?
Answer:
GRAEME BOND