Full name Roy West Name Roy West Weight 81 kg | Height/Weight 185 cm / 81 kg Positions Fullback Years Club | |
Date of birth (1941-03-31)31 March 1941 Date of death 19 November 2011(2011-11-19) (aged 70) Role Australian Rules Footballer Died November 19, 2011, Ballarat, Australia | ||
Original team Stawell Football Club | ||
Roy West (31 March 1941 – 19 November 2011) was an Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1960s.
West was a fullback and won the 1961 Carji Greeves Medal for Geelong's best and fairest player. He was a premiership player in 1963 and represented Victoria at interstate football.
Following a year-long battle with lung cancer, West died in a Ballarat hospital on 19 November 2011, aged 70.
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