Adam Roy Goodes is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). Goodes holds an elite place in VFL/AFL history as a dual Brownlow Medallist, dual premiership player, four-time All-Australian, member of the Indigenous Team of the Century and representative of Australia in the International Rules Series. In addition, he has held the record for the most VFL/AFL games played by an Indigenous player, surpassing Andrew McLeod's record of 340 during the 2014 AFL season before having his own record surpassed by Shaun Burgoyne during the 2019 AFL season.
Goodes at a Recognise campaign press conference, 2014
Goodes playing for Sydney in 2006
Goodes during a lap of honour after winning the 2012 AFL Grand Final
Goodes at a Sydney Swans press conference in 2014
The Sydney Swans are a professional Australian rules football club based in Sydney, New South Wales. The men's team competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), and the women's team in the AFL Women's (AFLW). The Swans also field a reserves men's team in the Victorian Football League (VFL). The Sydney Swans Academy, consisting of the club's best junior development signings, contests Division 2 of the men's and women's underage national championships and the Talent League.
The Bloods and the touring British Lions in front of the grandstand at the South Melbourne Cricket Ground in 1888. South Melbourne won 7 goals to 3
1909 VFL team
Aerial photo of the South Melbourne cricket ground during the 1920s with a SMFC match in progress
Captain Laurie Nash marks on 26 June 1937
