In the lead up to the 2017 Guernsey Presentation and Hall of Fame Induction Dinner we take a look through the history books.
Over the next couple of weeks, we will take a retrospective look at our current Hall of Fame members and the items already on the Heritage List.
Hall of Fame
Barry Hall
Former Sydney Swans co-captain Barry Hall was inducted into the Sydney Swans Hall of Fame in 2014.
Hall, who arrived at the Swans in 2002 following 88 games with St Kilda, became one of the club’s most accomplished forwards and was awarded All Australian honours in 2004, 2005 and 2006.
The bold and burly forward spearhead eventually played 162 games for the Swans as one of the competition’s strongest one-on-one players and was always a fierce competitor on field.
A co-captain of the 2005 premiership team and co-captain in 2006 and 2007, Hall took out the Club Champion honours in 2004 and was the club’s leading goalkicker for seven consecutive seasons between 2002 and 2008, a feat only achieved twice in the club’s history.
Hall ended his AFL career with the Western Bulldogs at the end of the 2011 season, finishing on 289 games and with 746 goals to his name.
Barry Hall
2002–2009
162 games
467 goals
All Australian 2004, 2005, 2006
Best & Fairest 2004
Leading Goal Kicker 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Co-Captain 2006-2007
Heritage List
Tony Lockett's behind - 1996 preliminary final
Listing: 2013
Despite being under an injury cloud through a groin strain, champion full-forward Tony Lockett tooki his place in the Swans side in the 1996 preliminary final against Essendon, and after being restricted to just one goal, he became the Swans' hero with the last kick of the match.
With scores level with less than a minute to play, midfielder Wade Chapman marked on the wing and saw Lockett make his lead. The Chapman kick found its mark and Lockett went back for his kick with just seconds to play; any score would put the Swans into a Grand Final for the first time since 1945.
Lockett, 55 metres from goal, put everything into his kick and, despite the ball slewing to the left, it tumbled through for a behind.
