Josh Kennedy will play his 150^th game on Sunday, a significant milestone in the career of a significant Swan.

Kennedy who, after 16 matches with Hawthorn, moved to Sydney in 2010 and hasn’t missed a beat having achieved a top three finish in the Bob Skilton Medal in each of his five full seasons at the Swans.

The 27-year-old stamped his credentials as a ball magnet and vital member of the outfit by becoming Club Champion in 2012 after averaging 28 disposals in the Swans’ premiership year which is a tick under his 2015 pace.

Kennedy is cutting his own path at the Club and on Sunday will become the third highest capped Swan to have worn the number 12 jumper. To mark the occasion sydneyswans.com.au has paid tribute to the past players who made the guernsey famous before ‘Joey’ left his mark.

Len Thomas
Career: 1927 – 1938
Debut: Round 6 v North Melbourne, 1927
Games: 209 (187 with South Melbourne)
Goals: 78
Honours: Premiership (1933), Club Champion (1931, 1938)

Len Thomas’ playing career stretched over three clubs – South Melbourne (1927-1938), Hawthorn (1939) and North Melbourne (1940) – but played his best football at the Bloods.

Thomas won two Club Champion awards (1931 and 1938) and was a crucial member of the 1933 premiership side which triumphed over Richmond at the MCG.

Thomas would take on leadership roles at Hawthorn and North Melbourne before military service ended his football career with the then 31-year-old enlisting in the Australian Imperial Force to serve in World War II.

Tragically, the son of 135-gamer Bill Thomas was killed in action while fighting in Salamaua, New Guinea in 1943. To this day Thomas ranks as the most experienced AFL/VFL football to have served and died in armed conflict.

Len Thomas during his playing days (left) and as a soldier in the Australian Imperial Forces in 1940.

Nic Fosdike
Career: 1999 – 2010
Debut: Round 5 v Adelaide, 1999
Games: 164
Goals: 66
Honours: Premiership (2005)

Recruited from South Australia National Football League (SANFL) club Norwood, the highlight of Fosdike’s 11-year career was guiding Sydney to a drought-breaking premiership in 2005.

Gathering 26 disposals, the most of any Swan on that remarkable day, Fosdike was stiff not to be awarded the North Smith Medal as best afield.

Fosdike was described by senior coach Paul Roos at the time of his retirement in 2010 as a player who “always gave 100% and gained the respect of his peers, coaches and opposition.”

The midfielder called time after playing 164 games with the Swans due to a chronic knee injury.

Nic Fosdike played 164 games and was part of the Swans' famous 2005 Premiership.

Billy King
Career: 1940 – 1948
Debut: Round 13 v Carlton, 1940
Games: 136
Goals: 17

William “Billy” King will be the man Kennedy overtakes on the list, having both played 136 matches in the red and white to date.

King played during a trying period in AFL/VFL history, debuting in 1940 and playing throughout the years of the Second World War.

King, a talented wingman, featured in the famous ‘Bloodbath’ Grand Final of 1945 against Carlton and was acknowledged by his Blues’ opponent as one of only a few players who wasn’t involved in the ruckus.

King retired in 1948.