{{Short description|American football player (1969–2013)}} {{use mdy dates |date=August 2020}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Corey Swinson | image = | caption = | number = 64 | position = Defensive tackle | birth_date = {{birth date|1969|12|15|mf=y}} | birth_place = Bay Shore, New York, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2013|9|10|1969|12|15|mf=y}} | death_place = Bay Shore, New York, U.S. | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 5 | weight_lbs = 334 | high_school = Bay Shore (NY) | college = Hampton | draftyear = 1995 | draftround = 7 | draftpick = 233 | pastteams = * Miami Dolphins ({{NFL Year|1995}})* * St. Louis Rams (1995) * San Francisco 49ers ({{NFL Year|1997}})*<ref>{{cite web |title=Transactions |url=https://www.nfl.com/transactions/league/signings/1997/3?after=AAAHzQAAAAMAAAAHAAAAAAADjvc= |website=NFL.com |access-date=31 August 2024}}</ref> }}

'''Corey J. Swinson''' (December 15, 1969 – September 10, 2013) was an American professional football defensive tackle. After playing his college football at Hampton University, Swinson spent one season with the NFL's St. Louis Rams in 1995. He was selected by the Miami Dolphins in the seventh round of the 1995 NFL draft, but only spent the preseason on their roster.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1995 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1995/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>

Returning to Long Island after his short NFL career, Swinson was a coach at his alma mater Bay Shore High School.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nysportsbeat.com/life-after-sports/64-life-after-sports-on-guard-ex-nfl-lineman-corey-swinson-watches-over-his-alma-mater |title=Ex-NFL Lineman Corey Swinson Watches Over His Alma Mater |accessdate=2011-08-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623181848/http://www.nysportsbeat.com/life-after-sports/64-life-after-sports-on-guard-ex-nfl-lineman-corey-swinson-watches-over-his-alma-mater |archivedate=June 23, 2011 }}</ref> A lifelong resident of Bay Shore, New York, Swinson died on September 10, 2013, of natural causes.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/corey-swinson-ex-nfl-player-from-bay-shore-dies-1.6062300?firstfree=yes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927220936/http://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/corey-swinson-ex-football-star-from-bay-shore-dies-1.6062300?firstfree=yes |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 27, 2013 |title=Corey Swinson, ex-NFL player from Bay Shore, dies |newspaper=Newsday |date=September 12, 2013 }}</ref>

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