John David Swanson (born 5 May 1940) is an Australian former cricketer and baseball player. He played 29 first-class cricket matches for Victoria between 1965/66 and 1970/71.[1] He also played baseball for Victoria between 1964 and 1975 and Australia. He won the Claxton Shield batting title in 1967–1968 and won the Helms Award as MVP in 1968.[2][citation needed] He was an inaugural inductee in the Australian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005.[3]
