Clive Lawson Yewers (16 October 1922 – 24 August 1975) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
| Clive Yewers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Clive Lawson Yewers | ||
| Date of birth | 16 October 1922 | ||
| Place of birth | Footscray, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 24 August 1975 (aged 52) | ||
| Place of death | Hastings, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | West Footscray | ||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1947–48 | Footscray | 11 (4) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1948. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Family edit
The son of Harley Le Strange Yewers (1891–1975),[2] and Frances Ellen Yewers (1892–1954), née Carroll,[3] Clive Lawson Yewers was born at Footscray, Victoria on 16 October 1922.
He married Eva Gwendoline Graham in 1947.
Military service edit
He served in the Second AIF, having enlisted on 30 December 1942.
Football edit
Footscray (VFL) edit
Yewers made his debut for the Footscray First XVIII in the match against South Melbourne, at the Lake Oval, on 28 June 1947. Selected as 20th man,[4] he replaced the injured Arthur Olliver in the second half, and scored a goal with his first kick in VFL football.[5]
Yarraville (VFA) edit
Cleared from Footscray in 1949,[6] he played in six senior games in the 1949 season.
Death edit
He died at Hastings Hospital on 24 August 1975.[7]
See also edit
Notes edit
- ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.979.
- ^ Deaths: Yewers, The Age, {Monday, 8 September 1975), p.12.
- ^ Deaths: Yewers, The Argus, (Monday, 5 April 1954), p.11.
- ^ League and VFA Teams: League: South Melbourne v. Footscray, The Argus, (Friday, 27 June 1947), p.16.
- ^ First Kick a Goal, The Argus, (Monday, 30 June 1947), p.14.
- ^ Clearance for McIvor Refused, The Age, (Wednesday, 13 April 1949), p.18.
- ^ Deaths: Yewers, The Age, (Monday, 25 August 1975), p.24.
References edit
- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- World War Two Nominal Roll: Private Clive Lawson Yewers (VX131298/V175350), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
- B883, VX131298: World War Two Service Record: Private Clive Lawson Yewers (VX131298), National Archives of Australia.
External links edit
- Clive Yewers's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Clive Yewers at AustralianFootball.com