Nickname(s) Cool Alec Name Roy Bent | Date of birth 1900 | |
Full name Roy Edward Kimberley Bent Place of birth Broken Hill, New South Wales Date of death 7 October 1975 (aged 75) Place of death Mount Gambier, South Australia | ||
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'. Later in the year he was jokingly awarded a leather medal in remembrance of his suspension. He was killed in a car accident in 1975.
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