Charlie McSwain

{{short description|Australian rules footballer (born 1901)}}

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{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Charlie McSwain

| image =

| fullname = Charles Farquar McSwain

| birth_date = 12 October 1901

| birth_place = St Arnaud, Victoria

| death_date = {{death date and age|1976|10|12|1901|10|12|df=y}}

| death_place = Mildura, Victoria

| originalteam = Merbein/Preston

| height = 182 cm

| weight = 79 kg

| position = Defender

| statsend = 1934

| years1 = 1925–30

| club1 = Carlton

| games_goals1 = 68 (13)

| years2 = 1931–32

| club2 = Northcote (VFA)

| games_goals2 = 40 {{0}}(1)

| years3 = 1933–34

| club3 = Preston (VFA)

| games_goals3 = 32 (25)

| careerhighlights = 1932 VFA Premiership

}}

Charles Farquar McSwain (12 October 1901 – 12 October 1976) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).{{cite web|url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/C/Charlie_McSwain.html| title=Charlie McSwain| publisher=AFL Tables}}

McSwain spent six seasons at Carlton after arriving from Merbein. He put together 25 consecutive games from 1926 to 1927 and played in a Preliminary Final in 1929, but Carlton lost to Richmond by a goal.[http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=Charlie+McSwain Blueseum profile]

The next stage of McSwain's career took place in the Victorian Football Association (VFA), firstly at Northcote in 1931, with whom he appeared in a narrow Grand Final loss to Oakleigh, as a follower. However the next season he played in a winning VFA Grand Final, this time at full-back.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205494706 |title=ASSOCIATION FINAL. |newspaper=The Age |issue=24,168 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=26 September 1932 |page=12}}

Appointed captain-coach of Preston in 1933, he steered them to third position in his second and last year in charge, but missed the finals through injury.{{cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/Charlie%2BMcSwain/4254| title=Charlie McSwain – Player Bio| publisher=Australian Football|accessdate=14 August 2015}}