Roy Edward Kimberley Bent (1900 – 7 October 1975) was an
Australian rules
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 ...
footballer who played with the
Norwood Football Club in the
South Australian Football Association
The South Australian National Football League, or SANFL ( or ''S-A-N-F-L''), is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the state's governing body for the sport.
Originally formed as the ...
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Football
He was the competition's 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.
Death
He was killed in a car accident in 1975.
Notes
1900 births
1975 deaths
Australian rules footballers from New South Wales
Australian Rules footballers: place kick exponents
Norwood Football Club players
North Broken Hill Football Club players
Road incident deaths in South Australia
Date of birth unknown
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