Ted Swinson
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| Full name | Edward Joseph Swinson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1890 or 1891 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 14 June 1926 (aged 35) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop, Second-row | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Edward Joseph Swinson (c. 1891 – 14 June 1926) was an Australian rugby league footballer.
A forward, Swinson was a product of Sydney club Gipps Borough and from 1908 to 1920 played first–grade for Glebe. He gained representative honours for New South Wales in 1911.[2]
Swinson lived on York street in Sydney and was employed as a wharf labourer.[3]
In 1926, Swinson died aged 35 of head injuries sustained in a fall.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Ted Swinson". Rugby League Project.
- ↑ "League Rugby". The Sun. 9 June 1911. p. 10 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Week-end Accidents". The Mercury. 14 June 1926. p. 4 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Fatal Fall". The Maitland Daily Mercury. 14 June 1926. p. 3 – via National Library of Australia.