Joseph James Lawson (born 3 June 1934 – 13 September 2020) is a former

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er who was highly successful in the

West Australian National Football League The West Australian Football League (WAFL) is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The league currently consists of ten teams, which play each other in a 20-round season usually lasting from March to September, ...

(WANFL) playing for the

Swan Districts Football Club The Swan Districts Football Club, nicknamed the Swans, is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and WAFL Women's (WAFLW). The club is based at Bassendean Oval, in Bassendean, an eastern suburb ...

. A valiant defender, Lawson routinely played in the back line and was arguably the best full back that ever played for Swan Districts. Lawson won the fairest and best award at the Swans in 1958 and also played as a reserve in the 1959 WA state team when Western Australia were defeated by Victoria. He played at full back the victorious Swan Districts premiership side of 1961, 1962 and 19632011 Swan Districts Football Club Annual Report
p 54 and was amongst the best players on ground. Lawson is a life member at Swan Districts and is listed at full back in their Team of the Century.

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1934 births 2020 deaths Swan Districts Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Western Australia {{AFL-bio-1930s-stub