2012 AFL Grand Final
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The 2012 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Hawthorn Football Club and the Sydney Swans at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 29 September 2012. It was the 117th annual grand final of the Australian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 2012 AFL season. The match, attended by 99,683 spectators, was won by Sydney by 10 points, marking the club's fifth VFL/AFL premiership victory. Sydney's Ryan O'Keefe was awarded the Norm Smith Medal as the best player on the ground.
The Melbourne Cricket Ground (pictured), where the 2012 AFL Grand Final was played.
Ryan O'Keefe
Hawthorn's Lance Franklin kicked three goals during the game, the most of any player on the ground
Hawthorn Football Club
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The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Mulgrave, Victoria, that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club was founded in 1902 in the inner-east suburb of Hawthorn, making it the youngest Victorian-based team in the AFL.
Hawthorn Football Club
John Kennedy Sr. is the Hawks' first premiership coach. Hawthorn honoured him with a bronze statue in front of Waverley Park
Statue of former Hawthorn player, Leigh Matthews, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Hawthorn playing North Adelaide in the 1971 Championship of Australia final.