Roy Bent
Australian rules footballer
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Roy Edward Kimberley "Alex" Bent (1900 – 7 October 1975) was an Australian rules footballer who played with the Norwood Football Club in the South Australian Football Association.
Broken Hill, New South Wales
Mount Gambier, South Australia
| Roy Bent | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Roy Edward Kimberley Bent | ||
| Nickname | Cool Alec | ||
| Born |
1900 Broken Hill, New South Wales | ||
| Died |
(aged 75) Mount Gambier, South Australia | ||
| Original team | North Broken Hill[1] | ||
| Position | Full Forward | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1921 – 1928 | Norwood | 98 (333) | |
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| South Australia | 17 (60) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1928. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
| Source: AustralianFootball.com | |||
Family
Football
He was the competition's leading goal kicker on four occasions 1921, 1924, 1925 and 1926.
Suspension before 1923 Grand Final
In September 1923 Bent was suspended for six matches for throwing the ball at a boundary umpire and "bruising his chest"[7] — the boundary umpire had signalled that, as Bent raced down the boundary line towards the goal, the ball was out of bounds; Bent thought otherwise[8][9] — in the match against South Adelaide on 8 September 1923.[10] Upon a vigorous appeal,[11] his suspension was later reduced to three weeks.[12]
On 29 September 1923, on the day of the Grand Final (from which Bent had been suspended), Bent was jokingly awarded a leather medal, by a group called the "Wallaby Club Sympathisers", in remembrance of his suspension.[13]
Death
He was killed in a car accident in 1975.[7]
