{{short description|English swimmer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Austin Verner | image = | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = 7 March 1943 | birth_place = Manchester, England | death_date = | death_place = | sport = Swimming | event = Freestyle | height = | weight = | club = Urmston SC }}
'''Austin David Verner''' (born 7 March 1943), is a male former swimmer who competed for England.
== Biography == Verner represented the England team<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029122815/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3035/19/all |title=England Perth 1962 |website=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=18 January 2026}}</ref> at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002134/19620917/417/0025 |title=The England Team |work=Birmingham Daily Post |p=25 |date=17 September 1962 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=18 January 2026}}</ref> He competed in the 440 yards freestyle event.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/53326|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/perth-1962/athletes|title=1962 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}</ref>
He swam for the Urmston Swimming Club.
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