John Swain

{{Short description|American football player (born 1959)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = John Swain

| number = 29, 40, 26

| position = Cornerback

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|09|4}}

| birth_place = Miami, Florida, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 195

| high_school = Miami Carol City (FL)

| college = Miami (FL)

| draftyear = 1981

| draftround = 4

| draftpick = 101

| pastteams =

| statlabel1 = Interceptions

| statvalue1 = 14

| statlabel2 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue2 = 2

| pfr = SwaiJo20

}}

John Wesley Swain (born September 4, 1959) is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League (NFL). Swain was drafted out of the University of Miami by the Minnesota Vikings in the fourth round in the 1981 NFL draft. He played a total of 7 seasons in the NFL for the Vikings, the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the Miami Dolphins.