{{short description|Australian rules footballer (born 1901)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=October 2011}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Charlie McSwain | image = | fullname = Charles Farquar McSwain | birth_date = 12 October 1901 | birth_place = St Arnaud, Victoria | death_date = {{death date and age|1976|10|12|1901|10|12|df=y}} | death_place = Mildura, Victoria | originalteam = Merbein/Preston | height = 182&nbsp;cm | weight = 79&nbsp;kg | position = Defender | statsend = 1934 | years1 = 1925–30 | club1 = Carlton | games_goals1 = 68 (13) | years2 = 1931–32 | club2 = Northcote (VFA) | games_goals2 = 40 {{0}}(1) | years3 = 1933–34 | club3 = Preston (VFA) | games_goals3 = 32 (25) | careerhighlights = 1932 VFA Premiership }} '''Charles Farquar McSwain''' (12 October 1901 – 12 October 1976) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/C/Charlie_McSwain.html| title=Charlie McSwain| publisher=AFL Tables}}</ref>

McSwain spent six seasons at Carlton after arriving from Merbein. He put together 25 consecutive games from 1926 to 1927 and played in a Preliminary Final in 1929, but Carlton lost to Richmond by a goal.<ref>[http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=Charlie+McSwain Blueseum profile]</ref>

The next stage of McSwain's career took place in the Victorian Football Association (VFA), firstly at Northcote in 1931, with whom he appeared in a narrow Grand Final loss to Oakleigh, as a follower. However the next season he played in a winning VFA Grand Final, this time at full-back.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205494706 |title=ASSOCIATION FINAL. |newspaper=The Age |issue=24,168 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=26 September 1932 |page=12}}</ref>

Appointed captain-coach of Preston in 1933, he steered them to third position in his second and last year in charge, but missed the finals through injury.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/Charlie%2BMcSwain/4254| title=Charlie McSwain – Player Bio| publisher=Australian Football|accessdate=14 August 2015}}</ref>

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