# Clarrie Jordon

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{{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](/source/Carlton%2C_Victoria)
| death_date = {{death date and age|1965|10|30|1909|05|31|df=y}}
| death_place = [South Melbourne, Victoria](/source/South_Melbourne%2C_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 football](/source/Australian_rules_football)er who played with [Richmond](/source/Richmond_Football_Club) in the [Victorian Football League](/source/Australian_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](/source/Carlton%2C_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)](/source/Ray_Jordon), was a Victorian cricketer, an Australian Rules footballer, and a successful Australian Rules coach.

==Death==
He died at [South Melbourne, Victoria](/source/South_Melbourne%2C_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 ==
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==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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jordon, Clarrie}}
Category:1909 births
Category:1965 deaths
Category:Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
Category:Richmond Football Club players
Category:Prahran Football Club players
Category:People from Carlton, Victoria
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen

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