Clive Yewers
| 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) | |
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1948. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
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]
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