Dog for a day: Dane Swan (back, fifth from left) with the Merrigum senior team that beat Avenel by four points in a thrilling finish on Saturday.
Collingwood Brownlow Medallist and 258 game premiership player Dane Swan became the toast of Merrigum Football Netball Club on Saturday when he helped to lift the team to a four point win in a one-off match for the Bulldogs that drew a “finals type crowd” to the Merrigum Recreation Reserve.
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Club president Andrew Parkinson, himself smitten by Swan’s presence as a life-long Collingwood supporter, said everyone at the football club, including the players, walked a bit taller on the day.
Swan was also the star attraction off the field, speaking to club sponsor’s before the game and then the star attraction at an event which attracted more than 250 people on Saturday night.
Parkinson said the three times Magpies best-and-fairest winner was very accommodating and nothing was too much trouble.
Full story, and more photos, on page 17 today.
On a winner: Collingwood’s 2011 Brownlow Medallist Dane Swan (centre) with Merrigum Football Netball Club president Andrew Parkinson and coach Jaydon Stiles before his one-off match with the Kyabram district league club on Saturday
