Roy Bent
Roy Bent | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Roy Edward Kimberley Bent | ||
Nickname(s) | Cool Alec | ||
Date of birth | 1900 | ||
Place of birth | Broken Hill, New South Wales | ||
Date of death | (aged 75) | ||
Place of death | Mount Gambier, South Australia | ||
Position(s) | Full Forward | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1921 - 1928 | Norwood | 98 (333) | |
Representative team honours | |||
Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
South Australia | 17 (60) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1928 season. | |||
Career highlights | |||
Roy Bent (1900 – 7 October 1975) was an Australian rules footballer who played with the Norwood Football Club in the South Australian Football Association. He was the competitions leading goal kicker on four occasions 1921, 1924, 1925 and 1926. Late in the 1923 minor round Roy Bent was suspended for six matches for throwing the ball at a boundary umpire and 'bruising his chest'.[1] Later in the year he was jokingly awarded a leather medal in remembrance of his suspension.[2]
References
- ↑ "REDLEGS MUSEUM - PLAYERS". Redlegsmuseum.com.au. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ↑ "Roy Edward Kimberley "Cool Alec" Bent 1900–1975 - McClimont - Cox Family Tree". Genes.mcclimont.id.au. Retrieved 22 November 2014.