Roy Bent Explained

Roy Bent
Fullname:	Roy Edward Kimberley Bent
Nickname:	Cool Alec
Birth Date:	1900
Birth Place:	Broken Hill, New South Wales
Death Place:	Mount Gambier, South Australia
Originalteam:	North Broken Hill^[1]
Position:	Full Forward
Guernsey:	20, 26
Statsend:	1928
Years1:	1921 – 1928
Club1:	Norwood
Games Goals1:	98 (333)
Sooteam1:	South Australia
Soogames Goals1:	17 (60)
Careerhighlights:	2x Norwood premiership player (1922, 1925) 4x SANFL leading goal kicker (1921, 1924, 1925, 1926) 5x Norwood leading goalkicker

Roy Edward Kimberley Bent (1900 – 7 October 1975) was an Australian rules footballer who played with the Norwood Football Club in the South Australian Football Association.

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'.^[2] Later in the year he was jokingly awarded a leather medal in remembrance of his suspension.^[3]

Death

He was killed in a car accident in 1975.^[2]

Notes and References

1. News: Football. . . Broken Hill, NSW . 20 July 1921 . 20 June 2015 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
2. Web site: REDLEGS MUSEUM - PLAYERS. Redlegsmuseum.com.au. 22 November 2014.
3. Web site: Roy Edward Kimberley "Cool Alec" Bent 1900–1975 - McClimont - Cox Family Tree. Genes.mcclimont.id.au. 22 November 2014.