Swan’s resume mirrors AFL greats

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THINK Dane Swan and the minds wanders.

To technicolor tattoos. Or Spider Man costumes on Brownlow night. Or hipster beards.

Or former feuds with his coach. Or his disdain for all things conventional.

Yet while we wax lyrical about his captain Scott Pendlebury's football abilities, how often does Swan enter the argument as a modern-day great?

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As if we needed a reminder of that breathtaking gift, Swan torched Collingwood on Anzac Day with yet another masterpiece more Jackson Pollock than Frederick McCubbin.

It was a performance of such raw power and impact it made you flick back to his resume to see what he had achieved.

Swan was outstanding against Essendon on Anzac Day, booting four match-winning goals. Picture: Michael Klein Source: News Corp Australia

That resume makes for stunning viewing, and is rivalled by only the greats.

All-Australian nominations from 2009-2013, a Brownlow Medal, three Copeland Trophies including one in the 2010 premiership year.

Two Anzac Day Medals, a Coaches Association Champion Player of the Year (2010) and a Leigh Matthews MVP Award (2010).

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How many players have five All-Australian trophies, a Brownlow, an MVP and a best-and-fairest in a premiership year?

There are 23 players with five-All Australians since the current format began in 1991, with Gary Ablett, Nathan Buckley, Ben Cousins, Robert Harvey, Chris Judd, Mark Ricciuto, Michael Voss and Gavin Wanganeen all Brownlow Medallists as well.

That is rare air, but tattoos and poor training standards too often take the focus.

Swan celebrating one of his four goals against the Bombers. Picture: Wayne Ludbey Source: News Corp Australia

He is not as neat as Gary Ablett or as polished as Pendles or inspirational like Jobe Watson, but he stacks up on performances.

Buckley, who won six of his seven All-Australians in successive years, yesterday paid tribute to Swan's ability to reinvent parts of his game.

"He's been a very consistent performer. The word I use consistently with him is pride in his performance,'' Buckley said.

"He really is proud of what he has been able to achieve and the consistency that he has had in the game.

"He has gone about it his own way and I think we have continued to see him develop in different ways to maximise his opportunities in the game and on-field."

Swan left many Bombers in his wale on Anzac Day. Picture: Wayne Ludbey Source: News Corp Australia

"That's probably not something that he has got any credit for, because without that you can't be relevant in the game for six, seven, eight years on end as he has."

Swan once exuded the bad-boy vibe that footy didn't mean too much, flagging retirement at the end of this year.

Now having signed a deal through to 2016 and in white-hot form after three quiet games to open the year, the 30-year-old is entering Hall of Fame territory.

"He sees the game differently, the position that football sees in his life is different to the position it might hold for Pendles, different to the position that Goldy might see it in, Ben Reid, Nathan Brown, but that adds to the mix," Buckley said.

"He brings all of himself, mind, heart, soul, body into that Collingwood footy club and gives us everything he has got and we are better for it."

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