Roy Bent
Australian rules footballer
Australian rules footballer
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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 | ||
Original team(s) | North Broken Hill[1] | ||
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 the end of 1928. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Source: AustralianFootball.com |
Roy Edward Kimberley Bent (1900 – 7 October 1975) was an Australian rules footballer who played with the Norwood Football Club in the South Australian Football Association.
Football
He was the competition's 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'.[2] Later in the year he was jokingly awarded a leather medal in remembrance of his suspension.[3]
Death
He was killed in a car accident in 1975.[2]
Notes
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- ^ "Football". Barrier Miner. Broken Hill, NSW: National Library of Australia. 20 July 1921. p. 3. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ^ a b "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.
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Ken Farmer Medal winners
The Ken Farmer Medal is awarded to the SANFL's leading goal kicker for the home and away season.
It was named after Ken Farmer in 1981.
It was named after Ken Farmer in 1981.
- 1877: Young
- 1878: Dedman
- 1879: Dedman
- 1880: Traynor
- 1881: Pollock/Duffy
- 1882: Wardrop
- 1883: Litchfield
- 1884: Roy
- 1885: Hill
- 1886: Stephens
- 1887: Bushby
- 1888: Woods
- 1889: Fry
- 1890: McKenzie
- 1891: Woods
- 1892: Woods
- 1893: Daly
- 1894: Daly
- 1895: Daly
- 1896: Kay
- 1897: Tompkins
- 1898: Kay
- 1899: Daly
- 1900: Daly
- 1901: Miller
- 1902: Kay
- 1903: Daly
- 1904: Miller
- 1905: Mathieson/Daly
- 1906: Mathieson
- 1907: J. Quinn
- 1908: Mathieson
- 1909: Townsend
- 1910: Hansen
- 1911: Hansen
- 1912: Hansen
- 1913: Hansen
- 1914: Dunn
- 1915: Fitzgerald
- 1919: Lackman
- 1920: Golding
- 1921: Bent
- 1922: Hart
- 1923: Lewis
- 1924: Bent
- 1925: Bent
- 1926: Bent
- 1927: Owens
- 1928: Owens
- 1929: Dayman
- 1930: Farmer
- 1931: Farmer
- 1932: Farmer/Owens
- 1933: Farmer
- 1934: Farmer
- 1935: Farmer
- 1936: Farmer
- 1937: Farmer
- 1938: Farmer
- 1939: Farmer
- 1940: Farmer
- 1941: Schultz
- 1942: Reynolds
- 1943: Issac
- 1944: Issac
- 1945: Scott
- 1946: Dalwood
- 1947: McLean
- 1948: Churchett
- 1949: Churchett
- 1950: Churchett
- 1951: Churchett
- 1952: Willis
- 1953: Mayo
- 1954: McKenzie
- 1955: Caust
- 1956: Johns
- 1957: Phipps
- 1958: Johns
- 1959: Dittmar
- 1960: Dittmar
- 1961: Kingston
- 1962: Johns
- 1963: Johns
- 1964: Sawley
- 1965: Brewer
- 1966: Freeman
- 1967: Sachse
- 1968: Vidovich
- 1969: Phillis
- 1970: Phillis
- 1971: Phillis
- 1972: Coligan
- 1973: Whelan
- 1974: Whelan
- 1975: Phillis
- 1976: Phillis
- 1977: T. Evans
- 1978: T. Evans
- 1979: Hewitt
- 1980: T. Evans
- 1981: T. Evans
- 1982: T. Evans
- 1983: Davies
- 1984: T. Evans
- 1985: Blight
- 1986: Nichols
- 1987: Roberts
- 1988: Nichols
- 1989: Mandemaker
- 1990: Hodges
- 1991: Morphett
- 1992: Tylor
- 1993: Tylor
- 1994: Hodges
- 1995: Del-Re
- 1996: Hodges
- 1997: West
- 1998: Richardson
- 1999: Richardson
- 2000: Richardson
- 2001: Richardson
- 2002: Hargraves
- 2003: Bradshaw
- 2004: Schell
- 2005: Schell
- 2006: Passador
- 2007: Chambers
- 2008: Chambers
- 2009: Chambers
- 2010: Grima
- 2011: Wundke
- 2012: Hardy
- 2013: Wundke
- 2014: Wundke
- 2015: Alleway
- 2016: Eddy
- 2017: Eddy
- 2018: M. Evans
- 2019: McBean
- 2020: Rowe
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