| Date | Transaction |
| 08-04-1997 | The San Diego Pirates have waived John Swift. |
| 04-27-1997 | The San Diego Pirates have acquired John Swift from the waiver wire. |
| 08-25-1996 | The Cleveland Ironmen have automatically waived John Swift to comply with the 65-man roster limit. |
| 08-19-1996 | The Cleveland Ironmen have moved Lucius Roberson to the active roster. The Cleveland Ironmen have moved John Swift to the inactive roster. |
| 04-28-1996 | The Cleveland Ironmen have moved Chuck Noll, Bruce Brown, Richard White, John Swift, Ralph Hester, Guy Gadbois, Wes Atkins, Alex Hallen, Roger Perdrix, and Carl Bennett to the active roster. The Cleveland Ironmen have moved Jim Stillwagon, Ray Guy, Roman Hobbs, Billy Joe Mantooth, Ziggy Czarobski, Tony Ruud, John Corker, Doug Engles, Reese Jordan, and Big Daddy Lipscomb to the inactive roster. |
| 04-28-1996 | The Cleveland Ironmen have acquired John Swift from the waiver wire. |
| 11-12-1995 | The Cleveland Ironmen have waived John Swift. |
| 11-12-1995 | The Cleveland Ironmen have acquired John Swift from the waiver wire. |
| 09-10-1995 | The Cleveland Ironmen have automatically waived John Swift to comply with the 53-man roster limit. |
| 09-03-1995 | The Cleveland Ironmen have acquired John Swift from the waiver wire. |
| 08-21-1995 | The San Diego Pirates have waived John Swift. |
| 04-30-1995 | The San Diego Pirates have acquired John Swift from the waiver wire. |
| 09-05-1994 | The Cleveland Ironmen have waived John Swift. |
| 09-05-1994 | The Cleveland Ironmen have moved Joe Hershey, Jim Stillwagon, Reb Wickersham, Ray Guy, Herb Adderley, Doug Van Horn, Tony Ruud, Morris Titanic, Archie Griffin, Walt Chrysler, Bruce Service, Ron Low, Paul Warfield, Rosaire Paiement, Don Lamka, Golden Richards, and Big Daddy Lipscomb to the active roster. The Cleveland Ironmen have moved Joe Belton, Lucius Roberson, Wahoo Parker, John Gorinski, Chris Gamble, John Swift, Big Ed Roebuck, Charlie Pasteryak, Tony Liske, Bull Petty, Jackie Guba, Booker Essex, Marvel Updike, Ross Robbins, Rick Carlisle, and Joe McRaven to the inactive roster. |
| 08-08-1994 | The Cleveland Ironmen have moved Joe Belton, Chris Hayes, Red Jameson, John Swift, Ziggy Czarobski, Jim Keller, Andy White, Booker Essex, Rufus Garcia, Dave Helwig, Tom Berry, and Greg Cenci to the active roster. The Cleveland Ironmen have moved Jim Stillwagon, Bill Yearby, Richie Aurora, Larry Ford, Billy Joe Mantooth, Brad Selby, Herb Adderley, Putt Choate, Tom Yellowbird, Tony Ruud, Big Daddy Lipscomb, and Al Underwood to the inactive roster. |
| 01-31-1994 | The Cleveland Ironmen have acquired John Swift from the waiver wire. |
| 08-30-1993 | The Toronto Wolves have waived John Swift. |
| 01-04-1993 | The Toronto Wolves have moved John Joe and Donnell McNeil to the active roster. The Toronto Wolves have moved John Swift to the inactive roster. |
| 12-21-1992 | The Toronto Wolves have moved John Swift to the active roster. The Toronto Wolves have moved John Joe to the inactive roster. |
| 09-07-1992 | The Toronto Wolves have moved P.J. Pickens, Joe Ryan, and Dave Prescott to the active roster. The Toronto Wolves have moved Andy Mullen, Curtis Bosseler, and John Swift to the inactive roster. |
| 08-10-1992 | The Toronto Wolves have moved Jim Braatz, Dameon Roussos, John Swift, Curtis Bosseler, and Mark Ferguson to the active roster. The Toronto Wolves have moved Bruce Murray, Dave Prescott, P.J. Pickens, and Peter Ballage to the inactive roster. |
| 05-03-1992 | The Toronto Wolves have acquired John Swift from the waiver wire. |
| 08-05-1991 | The Detroit Snipers have waived John Swift. |
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