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Clarrie Jordon

Clarrie Jordon

Australian rules footballer, born 1909

Clarence Charles Lewis Jordon (31 May 1909 – 30 October 1965) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Not to be confused with Clarrie Jordan.
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Family

The son of Patrick Jordon (1884-1949),[2] and Susan Jordon (1886-1956), née Stirling,[3] Clarence Charles Lewis Jordon was born at Carlton, Victoria on 31 May 1909.[4]

He married Ada Walters in 1934. Their son, Raymond Clarence "Slug" Jordon (1937-2012), was a Victorian cricketer, an Australian Rules footballer, and a successful Australian Rules coach.

Death

He died at South Melbourne, Victoria on 30 October 1965.[5]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Holmesby & Main (2014), p.460.
  2. [2]
    Deaths: Jordon, The Argus, (Monday, 23 May 1949), p.8.
  3. [3]
    Deaths: Jordon, The Argus, (Monday, 13 August 1956), p.10.
  4. [4]
    Note that many records speak of "Patrick Jordan", of "Susan Sterling, and of "Clarence Charles Lewis Jordan".
  5. [5]
    Deaths: Jordon, (Monday, 1 November 1965), p.16.

References

  • 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.
  • Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-646-18748-1
  • World War Two Nominal Roll: Leading Aircraftman Clarence Charles Lewis Jordon (119235), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
  • A9301, 119235: World War Two Service Record: Leading Aircraftman Clarence Charles Lewis Jordon (119235), National Archives of Australia.
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