Roy West (footballer) explained

Roy West
Fullname:Roy West
Birth Date:31 March 1941
Death Place:Ballarat, Victoria
Originalteam:Great Western
Height:185 cm
Weight:81 kg
Position:Fullback
Guernsey:31
Statsend:1967
Repstatsend:1963
Years1:1961–64; 1966–67
Games Goals1:108 (1)
Sooyears1:1962–1963
Sooteam1:Victoria
Soogames Goals1:2 (0)
Careerhighlights:

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.

On 6 July 1963 he was a member of the Geelong team that were comprehensively and unexpectedly beaten by Fitzroy, 9.13 (67) to 3.13 (31) in the 1963 Miracle Match. 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.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Daffey. Paul. Vale Roy West. https://web.archive.org/web/20111125113533/http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/126333/default.aspx. dead. 25 November 2011. AFL BigPond Network. 22 November 2011. 22 November 2011.