Career
Even though he played for just one season in the VFL, he played for many years in Ballarat and also a season for the Perth Football Club in the West Australian Football League. Seward was considered as a magnificent player, bigger than most others and possessing a long kick and a strong mark, he was acknowledged of one of the finest players at the time. He was also a fine all-round sportsman.
A mining engineer, he died in Western Australia in a motoring accident, aged 55.