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George Swarbrick (footballer)
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George Swarbrick (born 11 December 1930) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the early 1950s.
Swarbrick, despite playing just two seasons, holds a place in Geelong football history for kicking the match winning behind in the dying seconds of their one point win over North Melbourne in 1953, which beat Collingwood's league record of 20 consecutive VFL victories, set in the 1920s. He won back to back Maskell Medals at Port Fairy in 1958 and 1959.
He was the nephew of club great Lindsay White and appeared in Geelong's losing 1953 VFL Grand Final team as a forward.
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