{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Clarrie Swenson | image = | fullname = Clarence Adair Swenson | birth_date = {{birth date|1923|5|23|df=yes}} | birth_place = Heywood, Victoria | death_date = {{death date and age|2003|1|28|1923|5|23|df=yes}} | death_place = Morwell | originalteam = Collingwood Juniors | height = 175 cm | weight = 71 kg | position = | statsend = 1949 | years1 = 1941, 1946 | club1 = Collingwood | games_goals1 = 4 (4) | years2 = 1947–1949 | club2 = Hawthorn | games_goals2 = 33 (37) | games_goalstotal = 37 (41) | careerhighlights = }} '''Clarence Adair Swenson''' (23 May 1923 – 28 January 2003)<ref>{{cite book|last=Lovett, Michael|title=AFL 2004 - The Official Statistical History Of The AFL| publisher=AFL Publishing|year=2004|isbn=0-9580300-5-7}}</ref> was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Swenson came into the Collingwood team from the juniors and made one appearance in the 1941 VFL season.<ref>{{cite book|last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=9781920910785}}</ref><ref name=AFLTables>[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/C/Clarrie_Swenson.html AFL Tables: Clarrie Swenson]</ref> He didn't play for the club again until 1946, due to his war service.<ref name=AFLTables/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=A&veteranId=531071| title=WW2 Nominal Roll| publisher=Government of Australia}}</ref> In 1947 he crossed to Hawthorn, when he spent three seasons.<ref name=AFLTables/> He was captain-coach of Trafalgar from 1950 to 1954.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportingpulse.com/club_info.cgi?c=1-6177-80686-125727-0&sID=126061| title=Senior Club Captains| publisher=SportingPulse}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportingpulse.com/club_info.cgi?c=1-6177-80686-0-0&sID=247918| title=Seniors| publisher=SportingPulse}}</ref>
Swenson won the 1950 Central Gippsland Football League best and fairest award, the Rodda Medal, Runner up 1951<ref>{{cite web |title=1950 - Smeaton smashes goal kicking record |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/178608953 |website=Trove Newspapers |publisher=Sporting Globe |access-date=12 January 2021 |pages=16 |date=23 August 1950}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Swenson, Clarrie Adair}} Category:1923 births Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Category:Collingwood Football Club players Category:Hawthorn Football Club players Category:2003 deaths Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen