Clive William Lewington (28 February 1920 – 23 October 1989) was an Australian rules footballer who played with and coached South Fremantle in the

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. He made 182 senior appearances for his club, from his debut in 1939 and is a member of the West Australian Football Hall of Fame and the Fremantle Football Hall of Legends.

Football career

Lewington played most of his football for South Fremantle in the years following

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and was used as a centreman. He won a

Sandover Medal The Sandover Medal is an Australian rules football award, given annually since 1921 to the fairest and best player in the West Australian Football League. The award was donated by Alfred Sandover M.B.E., a prominent Perth hardware merchant and ...

in 1947 and finished the year in South Fremantle's premiership team, the first of three premierships he would play in. The last came in 1950 when he was a

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list for his effort in the Grand Final. He also won three Club Champion awards for South Fremantle during his career. A five time West Australian interstate representative, Lewington played in the 1947 Hobart Carnival. He captained the club from his Sandover Medal winning season to 1951, the final two of those years as captain-coach. Lewingston then retired as a player but remained as coach until 1958 and steered South Fremantle to premierships in 1952, 1953 and 1954. West Perth acquired his coaching services in 1964 but it would only be for the one season. His older brother

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also played for, captained and coached, South Fremantle.

Honours

In 2004 Lewington was inducted into the West Australian Football Hall of Fame.

Military service

In July 1942 Lewington enlisted in the

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, serving as a signalman. He was discharged in 1946.

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* 1920 births 1989 deaths Australian rules footballers from Fremantle Sandover Medal winners South Fremantle Football Club coaches South Fremantle Football Club players West Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees West Perth Football Club coaches Australian Army personnel of World War II Australian Army soldiers Military personnel from Western Australia {{AFL-bio-1920s-stub