{{short description|Australian rules footballer (1909–1965)}} {{Distinguish|Clarrie Jordan}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Clarrie Jordon | image = | fullname = Clarence Charles Lewis Jordon | birth_date = {{birth date|1909|05|31|df=y}} | birth_place = Carlton, Victoria | death_date = {{death date and age|1965|10|30|1909|05|31|df=y}} | death_place = South Melbourne, Victoria | originalteam = Prahran | height = 173 cm | weight = 70 kg | position = | statsend = 1936 | years1 = 1929–33 | club1 = Prahran (VFA) | games_goals1 = 87 (115) | years2 = 1934–36 | club2 = {{AFL Ric}} | games_goals2 = 15 {{0|00}}(6) | careerhighlights = }}
'''Clarence Charles Lewis Jordon''' (31 May 1909 – 30 October 1965) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).<ref>Holmesby & Main (2014), p.460.</ref>
==Family== The son of Patrick Jordon (1884–1949)<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22730267 Deaths: Jordon, ''The Argus'', (Monday, 23 May 1949), p.8.]</ref> and Susan Jordon (1886–1956), née Stirling,<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71651449 Deaths: Jordon, ''The Argus'', (Monday, 13 August 1956), p.10.]</ref> Clarence Charles Lewis Jordon was born at Carlton, Victoria, on 31 May 1909.<ref>Note that many records speak of "Patrick '''Jordan'''", of "Susan '''Sterling''', and of "Clarence Charles Lewis '''Jordan'''".</ref>
He married Ada Walters in 1934. Their son, Raymond Clarence "Slug" Jordon (1937–2012), was a Victorian cricketer, an Australian Rules footballer, and a successful Australian Rules coach.
==Death== He died at South Melbourne, Victoria on 30 October 1965.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gUUVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3JYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7277%2C95754 Deaths: Jordon, (Monday, 1 November 1965), p.16.]</ref>
== Notes == {{reflist}}
==References== * {{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2014 |edition=10th |isbn=978-1-921496-32-5 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria}} * Hogan P: ''The Tigers Of Old'', Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996. {{ISBN|0-646-18748-1}} * [https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=959096&c=WW2 World War Two Nominal Roll: Leading Aircraftman Clarence Charles Lewis Jordon (119235), ''Department of Veterans' Affairs''.] * '''A9301''', '''119235''': World War Two Service Record: Leading Aircraftman Clarence Charles Lewis Jordon (119235), ''National Archives of Australia''.
== External links == *{{AustralianFootball|ref=clarrie%2Bjordon/5797}} *{{AFL Tables|ref=C/Clarrie_Jordon.html}} *[http://www.thevfaproject.org/pages/Players/Jordan,_Clarrie.php Clarrie Jordon's playing statistics] from The VFA Project
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