Percy Bentley (13 December 1906 − 25 March 1982) was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er in the (then)

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 ...

. Bentley was a strong ruckman and great tactician who was a key player and coach for the

Richmond Football Club The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers, is an Australian rules football team playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). Between its inception in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond in 1885 and 1907, the club competed in the Victo ...

during his era. He later coached

Carlton Football Club The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's top professional competition. Founded in 1864 in Carlton, an inner suburb of Mel ...

during the 1940s and 1950s. In 1996 Bentley was inducted into the

Australian Football Hall of Fame The Australian Football Hall of Fame was established in 1996, the Centenary year of the Australian Football League, to help recognise the contributions made to the sport of Australian rules football by players, umpires, media personalities, coa ...

Career highlights

Playing career

* Richmond 1925–1940 (Games: 263 Goals: 272)

Player honours

* Richmond captain 1932–1940 * Richmond premierships 1932, 1934 (captain-coach) * Victorian representative 6 matches

Coaching record

* Richmond 1934–1940 (133 games, 86 wins, 46 losses, 1 draw), Premiership 1934 * Carlton 1941–1955 (281 games, 167 wins, 110 losses, 4 draws), Premierships 1945, 1947.

Footnotes

References

* * Hogan P: ''The Tigers of Old'', Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996

External links

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AFL Hall of Fame
1906 births 1982 deaths Richmond Football Club players Richmond Football Club Premiership players Richmond Football Club coaches Richmond Football Club Premiership coaches Carlton Football Club coaches Carlton Football Club Premiership coaches Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Castlemaine Football Club players Two-time VFL/AFL Premiership players Three-time VFL/AFL Premiership coaches {{AFL-bio-1906-stub