And so we have a new contender for greatest Swan, Peter Burns. Again, from the halcyon times when we ruled the VFA. 4 time premiership player, 3 time 'Champion of the Colony and first player to play 300 VFA/VFL games (over 21 seasons from his debut aged 16 in 1881), until his record was broken by Gordon Coventry in Coventry's final game: Peter Burns (footballer, born 1866) - Wikipedia. He was one of the AFL's inaugural Hall of Famers and has Legend status within the Swans. While Burns played a substantial part of his career with other clubs (mostly Geelong) it seems all his premierships and at least two, probably three, of his 'Champion of the Colony' gongs were won while he played for us.
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