Clarrie Jordon Explained

Clarrie Jordon
Fullname:Clarence Charles Lewis Jordon
Birth Date:31 May 1909
Birth Place:Carlton, Victoria
Death Place:South Melbourne, Victoria
Originalteam:Prahran
Height:173 cm
Weight:70 kg
Statsend:1936
Years1:1929–33
Club1:Prahran (VFA)
Games Goals1:87 (115)
Years2:1934–36
Games Goals2:15 (6)

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]

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.460.
  2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22730267 Deaths: Jordon, The Argus, (Monday, 23 May 1949), p.8.
  3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71651449 Deaths: Jordon, The Argus, (Monday, 13 August 1956), p.10.
  4. Note that many records speak of "Patrick Jordan", of "Susan Sterling, and of "Clarence Charles Lewis Jordan".
  5. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gUUVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3JYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7277%2C95754 Deaths: Jordon, (Monday, 1 November 1965), p.16.