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|fullname = Reginald Swinfen [1]
|birth_date = {{birth date|1915|5|4|df=y}}[1]
|birth_place = Battersea, England
|death_date = {{death-date and age|October 1996|May 1915}}
|death_place = Crawley, England
|height = {{height|ft=5|in=11}}[3]
|position = Outside right
|youthyears1 = – |youthclubs1 = Coventry City
|years1 = 19??–1936 |clubs1 = Civil Service
|years2 = 1936–1947 |clubs2 = Queens Park Rangers |caps2 = 26 |goals2 = 5
|years3 = 1947–1949 |clubs3 = Yeovil Town |caps3 = |goals3 = 18
|years4 = 1949–195? |clubs4 = Tonbridge
|years5 = – |clubs5 = Crawley Town
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Reginald Swinfen (4 May 1915 – October 1996) was an English footballer who played as a forward or full back in the Football League for Queens Park Rangers either side of the Second World War.

Life and career

Swinfen was born in Battersea, London, in 1915.[1] He worked as a postman,[5] and by 1933 was playing football for the Civil Service club.[2] From there he joined Queens Park Rangers (QPR) of the Third Division South, initially as an amateur centre forward with considerable pace.[1][3] He turned professional in March 1936,[1] and made his first-team debut the following September, playing at inside right in a 2–1 win at home to Clapton Orient. He first scored during his fifth of seven appearances that season; playing at centre forward, he contributed a hat-trick in a 7–0 defeat of Newport County[4] Swinfen played three first-team matches in 1937–38, all at right half,[5] before making 18 appearances at right back in the first half of the 1938–39 season.[6]

During the war, Swinfen served in the Royal Air Force[7] and in the British Army of the Rhine.[8] When available, he played wartime football for QPR.[9] He made his final appearance in the Football League playing at left back in a 2–0 defeat at home to Bristol Rovers.[10]

In June 1947, Swinfen became Yeovil Town's record signing, for a fee reported as "in the region of £500"; the Western Morning News described him as "well-known as an amateur sprinter."[11] He was the club's top scorer in the 1947–48 season, with 18 goals in Southern League competition,[12] and moved in to another Southern League club, Tonbridge, in January 1949.[13] He remained a Tonbridge player until at least 1951,[14] and went on to play for other non-league clubs including Crawley Town.[15]

Swinfen died in Crawley in October 1996 at the age of 81.[1]

References

1. ^{{Hugman|19142|accessdate=26 June 2017}}
2. ^{{cite news |title=Civil Service 5 R.A.F. (Henlow) 1 |newspaper=Biggleswade Chronicle |date=22 December 1933 |page=6}}
3. ^{{cite news |title='Postman's knock' means goals to this player! |last=The Clubman |newspaper=Daily Mirror |location=London |date=22 February 1936 |page=27 |quote=Not least among his qualifications is that he can do a hundred yards in just over evens.}}
4. ^{{cite web |url=http://qprnet.com/misc/seasonalstats/excels/QPR1936.xls |format=XLS |title=1936–37 |first=Kenneth |last=Westerberg |website=QPRnet.com |publisher=Ron Norris |accessdate=26 June 2017}}
5. ^{{cite web |url=http://qprnet.com/misc/seasonalstats/excels/QPR1937.xls |format=XLS |title=1937–38 |first=Kenneth |last=Westerberg |website=QPRnet.com |publisher=Ron Norris |accessdate=26 June 2017}}
6. ^{{cite web |url=http://qprnet.com/misc/seasonalstats/excels/QPR1938.xls |format=XLS |title=1938–39 |first=Kenneth |last=Westerberg |website=QPRnet.com |publisher=Ron Norris |accessdate=26 June 2017}}
7. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.qpr.co.uk/news/article/090513-raf-northolt-visit-811854.aspx |title=R's help local heroes |publisher=Queens Park Rangers F.C. |date=9 May 2013 |accessdate=26 June 2017}}
8. ^{{cite news |title=Dynamo 'miners' get set for test no. 2 |first=Armour |last=Milne |newspaper=Daily Mirror |location=London |date=17 November 1945 |page=4}}
9. ^{{cite book |last=Rollin |first=Jack |title=Soccer at War 1939–45 |publisher=Headline |location=London |year=2005 |pages=396–97 |isbn=978-0-7553-1431-7}}
10. ^{{cite web |url=http://qprnet.com/misc/seasonalstats/excels/QPR1946.xls |format=XLS |title=1946–47 |first=Kenneth |last=Westerberg |website=QPRnet.com |publisher=Ron Norris |accessdate=26 June 2017}}
11. ^{{cite news |title=Yeovil Town. Swinfen signed from Q.P. Rangers |newspaper=Western Morning News |date=4 June 1947 |page=5}}
12. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.ciderspace.co.uk/ASP/statistics/season_goals.asp?SeasonStr=1947-48 |title=Season 1947–48: First Team Goalscorers |website=Ciderspace |date=7 January 2017 |accessdate=26 June 2017}}
13. ^{{cite news |title=Angels. There is promise of a revival |newspaper=Kent & Sussex Courier |date=14 January 1949 |page=6}}
14. ^{{cite news |title=It was merry holiday for Angels |newspaper=Kent & Sussex Courier |date=29 December 1950 |page=6}}
15. ^{{cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=SoccerData |location=Nottingham |page=253 |date=2004 |isbn=978-1-899468-67-6}}
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