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'''Victor Cecil Austen''' (30 November 1918 &ndash; 29 October 2017)<ref>{{cite book |title=Wisden Cricketer's Almanack |first=Lawrence |last=Booth |year= 2018 |isbn=978-1472953544 |page=235}}</ref> was an Australian sportsman who played [[first-class cricket]] for [[South Australia cricket team|South Australia]] and [[Australian rules football]] in the [[Victorian Football League (1897–1989)|Victorian Football League]] (VFL) with [[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]]. He was born in [[Kew, Victoria]].
 
==Family==
The son of Harold Cecil Austen (1883–1974), and Violet Hilda Austen (1891–1981), née Beer, Victor Cecil Austen was born at [[Kew, Victoria]] on 30 November 1918.
 
His son, the 1982 [[J. J. Liston Trophy|Liston Trophy]] winner [[Geoff Austen|Geoffrey Allen Austen (1953-)]], played senior VFL football with both Fitzroy and Collingwood, and VFA football with Preston; and both his brothers {{em-dash}} the 1949 [[Brownlow Medal]] winner, [[Col Austen|Colin Edward Austen (1920–1995)]], and [[Bob Austen|Albert William "Bob" Austen (1914–1999)]] {{em-dash}} also played senior VFL football at Hawthorn.
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