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Peter Swanson
Personal information
Full name	Peter Steven Swanson
Born	26 December 1946; East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Died	26 October 2003 (aged 56); Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England
Playing information
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	13 st 8 lb (86 kg)
Rugby union
Position	Centre
Representative
Rugby league
Position	Centre
Club

Peter Steven Swanson (26 December 1946 – 26 October 2003) was a rugby union and rugby league footballer who represented South Africa in rugby union.^[1]^[2]

Playing career

Rugby union

Swanson played provincial rugby in South Africa for Transvaal and in 1971 he was selected for the Springboks to tour Australia. He did not play in any test matches for the Springboks and played in four tour matches scoring one try and one conversion.^[3]

Rugby league

In 1972 Swanson signed a contract to play rugby league with Penrith in Sydney, Australia.^[4] He played for Penrith for two seasons, 1973 and 1974.

References

^ Greyvenstein, Chris (1992). Springbok saga : from 1891 to the new beginning (4th ed.). Cape Town: Don Nelson. p. 336. ISBN 1-86806-095-0. OCLC 105375255.
^ Colquhoun, Andy (2004). The South African Rugby Annual 2004. Cape Town: SA Rugby (Pty) Ltd & MWP Media Sport. p. 447. ISBN 0958440484.
^ Colquhoun, Andy (2001). South African Rugby Annual 2001. Cape Town: MWP Media. p. 411. ISBN 0958423180.
^ "Penrith signs Springbok". Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). 19 September 1972. p. 64. Retrieved 26 June 2020.