Mike Pyke

Not to be confused with the English football referee Mike Pike.

Michael Pyke (born 24 March 1984) is a Canadian retired dual-code football player, who was a professional Australian rules footballer with the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Pyke is the first Canadian national and the first former rugby union professional to play in an AFL premiership team, having played in the Sydney Swans 2012 premiership-winning side. Before his Australian rules football career, Pyke was a professional rugby union player, having played for French Top 14 squad US Montauban and representing the Canadian national side.

Pyke was known for his understated celebrations.[1][2]

  1. ^ "The Mike Pyke Nonchalant Try Scoring Award". June 2007. Archived from the original on 21 August 2007.
  2. ^ Hinds, Richard (1 May 2009). "Mike Pyke doesn't believe his grand final was a breakthrough game". The Australian. Archived from the original on 7 June 2013.