Reginald George Whitton "Lloyd" Bennett (8 April 1916 – 16 April 1995) was an

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er who played for

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in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

(VFL). Bennett was nicknamed Lloyd after British Prime Minister

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and won a Tasman Shields Trophy with

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in 1940. He made his VFL debut in captain-coach

Percy Beames Percy James Beames (27 July 1911 – 28 March 2004) was an Australian sportsman who played Australian rules football for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) as well as first-class cricket for Victoria in the Sheff ...

's 200th game and made nine appearances in his only season for Melbourne.

References

*Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

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