- Captain of Adelaide Crows presented in December 2022
- The couple married in the Barossa Valley in South Australia
- Stars from the Crows and Sydney Swans were in attendance
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They first met when they were in year seven and now Crows captain Jordan Dawson and Milly Dutton have tied the knot in a stunning ceremony in the picturesque Barossa Valley, just outside Adelaide.
The wedding, held this Wednesday, featured a guest list that included footy stars from Jordan's current team and his old outfit the Swans, where he played until the end of 2021.
Adelaide stars Rory Sloane, Taylor Walker and Brodie Smith and took center stage, with big names Luke Parker, Sam Reid and Callum Mills from Sydney, as well as Collingwood's Darcy Cameron.
The beautiful Barossa Valley was the backdrop for Dawson and Dutton's wedding
Dutton wore a statement dress by Adelaide designer GretaKate – with the couple even including their dogs in the ceremony
After a beautiful ceremony where the couple shared their first kiss as newlyweds, surrounded by friends, family and the incredible Barossa scenery, the celebrations started in style as Dawson and his bride recreated a very famous romantic movie scene.
Dressed in a dress by Adelaide-based designer GretaKate, Dutton was lifted into the air by her husband as they recreated Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Gray's iconic moment in Dirty Dancing.
Dutton was also seen celebrating wildly as she sat on Parker's shoulders after changing into an all-white mini dress for the post-ceremony party, with Dawson chaired by Sloane.
The happy couple's two dogs also played a part in the ceremony, which took place after he proposed in December 2022.
Dawson's teammate Taylor Walker (pictured with wife Ellie at the ceremony) was just one of many big-name footballers celebrating the couple's wedding
Footy stars including Brodie Smith (left) and Lachlan Murphy (second from right) and Rory Sloane (right) joined Dawson (second from left) for the biggest day of his life
Smith and his partner Lisa McCarthy scored big marks at Dawson and Dutton's wedding
Dawson asked for his late grandmother's blessing to use a sapphire from one of her rings when he popped the question under a willow tree in front of Dutton's grandmother's house in England.
They met in Robe, a small fishing village southeast of Adelaide, and had their first kiss on the local foot oval.
Dutton and Dawson both went to high school at Scotch College in the City of Churches and say they have spoken to each other every day since they were in year seven.
Their relationship was briefly put on hold while they were still at school, but they picked it up again despite being more than 800 miles apart when Dawson was at the Swans.
'It's nice when you're from a small town and you move to – well, Adelaide felt like a small town at the time – and you're (Dawson) in Sydney, you just cling to people from back home and they feel at home ,” Dutton said last March.
The bride donned a white mini dress at nightfall and joined the guests for a party on the dance floor
Dawson proposed to Dutton (pictured) by popping the question under a willow tree on her grandmother's property in England
'We are always there for each other.'
When Dutton said yes to Dawson's proposal, he posted an Instagram photo of them in an embrace, accompanied by the caption: “My first kiss and locked up as my last.”
Dawson was called up by Sydney in 2015 and made his first-grade debut against Collingwood in the third round of the 2017 season.
He scored 34 goals in 64 games for the Swans before joining the Crows as a free agent ahead of the 2022 season. He achieved 16 majors in his 109 games for Adelaide.
The 26-year-old was given the Crows captaincy after Sloane stepped down from his position just before the start of the 2023 season.
Last October he raised eyebrows by revealing a cheeky message he sent to teammates during Collingwood's grand final win over Brisbane.
'A few guys were giving me a fright because I was in Port Douglas watching the grand final and I sent a message on WhatsApp about how we should have beaten the two granny teams and how we were 'better than this teams,” he said.
“I know 'Tex' (Taylor Walker) laughed at it, he sent back a laughing emoji. That was good to hear from the ex-skipper, so thanks, Tex.”