Ken Montgomery

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{For|the American sound artist|Gen Ken Montgomery}}

{{BLP sources|date=August 2021}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Ken Montgomery

| image =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|1|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = Melbourne

| death_date =

| death_place =

| originalteam = Pascoe Vale (EDFL)

| height = 184 cm

| weight = 82 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1981

| years1 = 1968–1981

| club1 = North Melbourne

| games_goals1 = 189 (2)

| careerhighlights = *Syd Barker medalist in 1972

• Premiership player in 1977
• Victorian representative in 1978

}}

Ken Montgomery (born 5 January 1951) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbourne in the VFL.

A reliable half back flanker, with an unusual kicking style, Montgomery was a winning premiership player with North Melbourne in 1977, having missed out on their finals matches for the previous two years.{{cite news |last1=Carter |first1=Ron |title=Ken was a monte, but now he's out |work=The Age |date=22 September 1976}} He won the 1972 Syd Barker Medal for the club's best and fairest player and also represented Victoria in 1978. Montgomery's father, grandfather and cousin also represented the North Melbourne Football Club. Ken Montgomery was one of the youngest players to play a senior game with North Melbourne, when in 1968 he played when he was 16 years old. In later years he was in an administrative role at the club. He lives in Echuca where he operates a houseboat company called Murray River Houseboats.{{cite news |last1=Croxon |first1=Natalie |title=One of Echuca's thong trees removed to make way for development |url=https://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/6368683/one-of-echucas-thong-trees-removed-to-make-way-for-development/ |access-date=28 August 2021 |work=Bendigo Advertiser |date=5 September 2019 |language=en-AU}}