About Clive Yewers
Lived 1922 – 1975 (aged 52). Clive Yewers was an australian rules football player.
Clive Lawson Yewers (16 October 1922 – 24 August 1975) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Family The son of Harley Le Strange Yewers (1891–1975), and Frances Ellen Yewers (1892–1954), née Carroll, Clive Lawson Yewers was born at Footscray, Victoria on 16 October 1922.
He married Eva Gwendoline Graham in 1947.
Military service He served in the Second AIF, having enlisted on 30 December 1942.
Football Footscray (VFL) 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, he replaced the injured Arthur Olliver in the second half, and scored a goal with his first kick in VFL football.
Yarraville (VFA) Cleared from Footscray in 1949, he played in six senior games in the 1949 season.
Death He died at Hastings Hospital on 24 August 1975.
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Who was Clive Yewers?
Australian rules footballer
When was Clive Yewers born?
Clive Yewers was born on 16 October 1922 in Footscray.
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Clive Yewers died on 24 August 1975 in Hastings.
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Clive Yewers was an australian rules football player.
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