Star Sydney midfielder Dan Hannebery juggled his first season in Swans colours with year 12 studies in Melbourne.

And the boy from Kew East will rubber-stamp a football career lived in the fast lane when he becomes the quickest and youngest Swan in history to reach 200 AFL games on Friday night.

The 27-year-old will reach a double century when Sydney hosts Carlton in Marn Grook at the SCG.

Hannebery arrived at the Swans ahead of the 2009 season and has since become a three-time All-Australian in 2013, 2015 and 2016.

He was a member of the Club’s 2012 premiership win, finished in the top five in the Brownlow Medal in 2015 and 2016 and claimed the AFL Rising Star award in 2010.

With the exception of 2014, he has played 20-plus games every season since 2010 and along with Josh Kennedy and Luke Parker has long led the Swans in their trademark ferocity at the contest.

Hannebery is also a vice-captain alongside Parker and Dane Rampe.

Swans coach John Longmire was an assistant coach to Paul Roos when a fresh-faced Hannebery first stepped foot into the Club and he said his rise had been extraordinary.

“Hannebery’s impact has been incredible since he started playing,” Longmire said.

“He was living in Melbourne, still going to school, flying up and playing AFL football and to be able to do that and get to his 200 games so quickly is amazing. He’s been able to get there really fast – a young 200-game player.

“He’s a key component to our team and to be a veteran at such a young age is a real credit to not only how young he started but also to how consistent he’s been over that period of time.”

Hannebery signed with the Swans as a 17-year-old through pick 30 at the 2008 National Draft.

The Kew Rovers junior was wrapping up year 11 at Xavier College and in his first pre-season at the Swans was training alongside the likes of Sydney greats Adam Goodes, Michael O’Loughlin, Jude Bolton and Brett Kirk.

He first honed his trade in the reserves competition and made his AFL debut at 18 as Sydney took on Carlton at Docklands Stadium in Round 16, 2009.

Hannebery’s introduction to the big stage capped a whirlwind period and he said he was “running around like a headless chook” on debut.

“I got picked by Roos to make my debut which I was very grateful for and it was an amazing day,” Hannebery said on SEN on Monday.

“But I had my first possession on the right foot and I don’t think I’ve had many more since on that foot.

“It was a bit of a bizarre situation. The Club had a few injuries at the time and I think at that stage we weren’t going to make finals.

“At the time it was school holidays, so I had some weeks up with the boys training and playing in the reserves.

“The last weekend before school started back, Roosy called me saying he was thinking about playing me and whether I would enjoy playing in Melbourne. I said I’d love to and got my first game, which was unbelievable.

“We had recovery on a Sunday and then school started for the new term on the Monday.

“It was a pretty surreal experience and it was a bit bizarre.

“But I’m forever grateful for getting seven games in my first year. It was a massive opportunity at that stage of my career.”

Hannebery will reach a double century in eight years and 318 days from the day he debuted, making him the 12^th quickest in VFL/AFL history and taking him past Bolton (nine years, two days) to become the quickest Swan.

He will be 27 years and 97 days old, making him the 27^th youngest in history and taking him past Swans great Tony Morwood (27 years, 100 days) to become the youngest Swan. 

Bolton was a Swan from 1999 until 2013 and played his 200^th game against Melbourne in Round 13, 2008. 

Morwood played for South Melbourne and Sydney across the 1970s and 1980s and brought up a double ton in a 1987 qualifying final against Hawthorn.

Hannebery will shatter the record books as the Swans open the AFL’s Sir Doug Nicholls Round on Friday.

But the hard-nosed midfielder said he was far from done despite the grandeur of his achievements and a pre-season interrupted by injury. 

“I’m feeling really good, I’m fit, I’ve been training pretty strongly and am contributing to the team,” Hannebery said.

“To my satisfaction the coaches have been relatively happy. At this stage I’m tracking pretty well and looking forward to keep building and want to get a bit better this week and start to impact games a bit more.

“There’s not a better way than to do that this Friday night at the SCG to start off Indigenous Round, which is pretty special.”