David Swallow

David Swallow
Personal information
Full name	David Swallow
Date of birth	19 November 1992 (1992-11-19) (age 19)
Original team	East Fremantle (WAFL)
Draft	#1, 2010 National Draft, Gold Coast
Height/Weight	186cm / 83 kg
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Gold Coast
Number	24
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2011–	Gold Coast	21 (11)
¹ Playing statistics to end of 2011 season .
Career highlights
Inaugural Gold Coast AFL team 2011 AFL Rising Star nominee 2009 Larke Medal

David Swallow (born 19 November 1992) is an Australian rules footballer for the Gold Coast Football Club. He was the number one draft pick in the 2010 AFL Draft.^[1]

In 2010, despite not yet being drafted by an AFL team, the Gold Coast Suns were permitted to allow Swallow to play with the side in the VFL. This meant that the club were enforced to select Swallow before another team had a pick in the draft (a minimum of pick 3).^[2] However, it was widely assumed that Swallow would be taken with the 1st overall pick of the 2010 Draft,^[3] which was confirmed on 19 November.^[1]

Swallow is the younger brother of North Melbourne player and 2009 Syd Barker Medallist Andrew Swallow.^[4]

1 Junior career
2 AFL career
3 References
4 External links

Junior career

Swallow was named on the half-back line of the 2009 Under-18 All Australian team as a 16-year-old. Swallow was also awarded the Larke Medal as the National Under-18 Competition's best player.^[5]^[6]

AFL career

Swallow was part of the inaugural Gold Coast Suns team which played against Carlton in round 2 of the 2011 AFL season. He was also part of the first victory against Port Adelaide in round 5. After a 21-possession, 2-goal performance against the Western Bulldogs in round 14, Swallow was nominated for the 2011 AFL Rising Star.

References

^ ^a ^b "Gold Coast SUNS outstanding results at the 2010 NAB Draft". Gold Coast FC. 18 November 2010. http://www.goldcoastfc.com.au/news-and-media/news/gold-coast-suns-outstanding-results-at-the-2010-nab-draft/. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
^ West Australian Swallow joins Gold Coast Football Club
^ How the Coasters enticed a Swallow to take flight
^ Gold Coast snaps up David Swallow
^ WA dominates All-Australian side
^ Swallow, Hooper 2009 Larke Medallists

External links

David Swallow's statistics from AFL Tables

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Jack Watts	Larke Medal with Andrew Hooper 2009	Succeeded by Harley Bennell

Gold Coast Football Club – current squad

2 Smith
3 Brennan
4 Weller
5 Harbrow
6 Magin
7 Hunt
8 Russell
9 Ablett (c)
10 Moss
11 Bennell
12 Day
13 Jolly
14 Warnock
15 Flanagan
16 Thompson
17 Fraser
18 McKenzie
19 Lynch
20 Toy
21 Taylor
22 Nicholls
23 Dixon
24 Swallow
25 Stanley
26 Shaw
27 Coad*
28 Caddy
29 Hine
30 Brown
31 Allen
32 Matera
33 A. Hall
34 Hutchins
35 Rischitelli
36 Iles
37 Sexton
38 Wilkinson
40 Hickey
41 Prestia
42 Horsley*
43 Patrick
44 Bock
45 May
46 J. Hall*
47 Gorringe
48 Tape
49 Gillbee
50 Schade
51 McQualter*

Coach: McKenna

* denotes Rookie Listed players

Inaugural Gold Coast Football Club AFL team

Full-back	Campbell Brown • Nathan Bock • Seb Tape

Half-back	Jarrod Harbrow • Karmichael Hunt • Nathan Krakouer

Centre	Trent McKenzie • Daniel Harris • Michael Rischitelli

Half-forward	Danny Stanley • Charlie Dixon • Dion Prestia

Full-forward	Jared Brennan • Zac Smith • Brandon Matera

Ruck	Josh Fraser • David Swallow • Gary Ablett (c)

Interchange	Marc Lock • Alik Magin • Harley Bennell • Sub: Josh Toy

Coach	Guy McKenna

Gold Coast defeated by Carlton 7.10 (52) to 26.15 (171), Round 2, 2011, at The Gabba

2011 AFL Rising Star nominees

Dyson Heppell \| Luke Shuey \| Mitch Duncan \| Jasper Pittard \| Brandon Matera \| Jack Darling \| Zac Smith \| Shane Savage Reece Conca \| Jack Steven \| Jordan Gysberts \| Sam Reid \| Daniel Menzel \| David Swallow \| Luke Breust \| Jake Batchelor Trent McKenzie \| Allen Christensen \| Andrew Gaff \| Zac Clarke \| Luke Dahlhaus \| Alex Fasolo \| Sam Blease \| Liam Jones

Australian Football League number one overall Draft picks

2010 AFL Draft

First round	1. David Swallow • 2. Harley Bennell • 3. Sam Day • 4. Andrew Gaff • 5. Jared Polec • 6. Reece Conca • 7. Josh Caddy • 8. Dyson Heppell • 9. Dion Prestia • 10. Daniel Gorringe • 11. Tom Lynch • 12. Lucas Cook • 13. Seb Tape • 14. Brodie Smith • 15. Billie Smedts • 16. Ben Jacobs • 17. Shaun Atley • 18. Matthew Watson • 19. Isaac Smith • 20. Jayden Pitt • 21. Jed Lamb • 22. Mitch Wallis (F/S) • 23. Cameron Guthrie • 24. Jamie Cripps • 25. Patrick Karnezis • 26. Jack Darling (PP) • 27. Kieran Harper (Comp)

Second round	28. Ryan Lester • 29. Scott Lycett • 30. Jake Batchelor • 31. Ariel Steinberg • 32. Josh Green • 33. Jeremy Howe • 34. Patrick McCarthy • 35. Ben Newton • 36. Aaron Young • 37. George Horlin-Smith • 38. Mitchell Hallahan • 39. Jeremy Taylor • 40. Luke Parker • 41. Tom Liberatore (F/S) • 42. Luke Mitchell • 43. Sam Crocker • 44. Viv Michie

Third round	45. Alex Fasolo • 46. Daniel Farmer • 47. Brad Helbig • 48. Alex Browne • 49. Jacob Gillbee • 50. Troy Davis • 51. Dean MacDonald • 52. Cameron O'Shea • 53. Tom McDonald • 54. Jordan Schroder • 55. Angus Litherland • 56. Josh Mellington • 57. Alex Johnson • 58. James Podsiadly (RP) • 59. Tom Ledger • 60. Kirk Ugle

Fourth round	61. Jarryd Lyons • 62. Jacob Brennan (F/S) • 63. Tom Derickx • 64. Luke Davis • 65. Claye Beams (RP) • 66. Paul Puopolo • 67.Andrew McInnes • 68. Cameron Hitchcock (RP) • 69. Cameron Delaney • 70. Nick Duigan • 71. Ben Mabon • 73. Matthew Spangher • 74. Jayden Schofield • 75. Arryn Siposs • 76. Paul Seedsman

Fifth round	77. Trent Stubbs • 78. Lewis Stevenson (RP) • 80. Michael Ross • 81. Jordie McKenzie (RP) • 82. Ricky Henderson (RP) • 83. Danny Meyer (RP) • 84. Callum Wilson (RP) • 85. Jeff Garlett (RP) • 87. Michael Barlow (RP) • 88. Zephaniah Skinner • 89. Tom Hill • 90. Ryan Gamble • 91. Jarryd Blair (RP)

Sixth round	92. Lachlan Keeffe (RP) • 93. Andrew Strijk (RP) • 94. David Gourdis (RP) • 96. Jake Spencer (RP) • 97. Matthew Jaensch (RP) • 98. Ben Speight (RP) • 99. David Ellard (RP) • 100. Matt de Boer (RP) • 101. Mike Pyke (RP) • 102. Brodie Moles (RP) • 103. Dean Polo • 104. Tom Young (RP)

Sixth round	106. Ben Howlett (RP) • 107. Luke Thompson (RP) • 108. Simon White (RP) • 109. Alex Silvagni (RP) • 110. Andrew Hooper (RP) • 111. Tom Simpkin (RP) • 112. Jay van Berlo (RP)

RP = Rookie Promotion

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Name	Swallow, David
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Date of birth	19 November 1992
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David Swallow

Contents

Junior career

AFL career

References

External links