Clive Lawson Yewers (16 October 1922 – 24 August 1975) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby & Main (2014), p.979.
Family The son of Harley Le Strange Yewers (1891–1975),Deaths: Yewers, The Age, {Monday, 8 September 1975), p.12. and Frances Ellen Yewers (1892–1954), née Carroll,Deaths: Yewers, The Argus, (Monday, 5 April 1954), p.11. 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,League and VFA Teams: League: South Melbourne v. Footscray, The Argus, (Friday, 27 June 1947), p.16. he replaced the injured Arthur Olliver in the second half, and scored a goal with his first kick in VFL football.First Kick a Goal, The Argus, (Monday, 30 June 1947), p.14.
Yarraville (VFA) Cleared from Footscray in 1949,Clearance for McIvor Refused, The Age, (Wednesday, 13 April 1949), p.18. he played in six senior games in the 1949 season.
Death He died at Hastings Hospital on 24 August 1975.Deaths: Yewers, The Age, (Monday, 25 August 1975), p.24.
See also List of first kick/first goal kickers in the VFL/AFL
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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.
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