[2] After university Swan joined the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in the army.
[4] Yet Swan moved to play for the Leicester Tigers which he captained.
[8] Swan won a Scottish mixed doubles title.
[2] A keen golfer, he was a member of the Royal and Ancient Club in St Andrews from 1963.
[8] He was also a member of the Castelnaud-de-Gratecambe golf club in Lot et Garonne France.