Roy Bent
{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
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| image = File:Roy_Bent_Norwood.jpg
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| fullname = Roy Edward Kimberley Bent
| nickname = Cool Alec
| birth_date = 1900
| birth_place = Broken Hill, New South Wales
| death_date = {{Death_date_and_given_age|1975|10|7|75|df=y}}
| death_place = Mount Gambier, South Australia
| originalteam = North Broken Hill{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article45561213 |title=Football. |newspaper=Barrier Miner |location=Broken Hill, NSW |date=20 July 1921 |accessdate=20 June 2015 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
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| 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)
}}
Roy Edward Kimberley "Alex" Bent (1900 – 7 October 1975) was an Australian rules footballer who played with the Norwood Football Club in the South Australian Football Association.
Family
The son of Christopher Bent (1863-1916),[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article45392753 In Memoriam: Bent, The Barrier Miner, (Monday, 3 September 1917), p.2.] and Ellen Edith Bent (1868-1951), née Bird, Roy Edward Kimberley Bent was born at Broken Hill, New South Wales in 1900.NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages: Births Registration no.11234/1900.
He married Muriel Helen Topham (1904-1974) on 15 February 1930.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article29632007 Engagements: Topham—Bent, The (Adelaide) Advertiser, (Saturday, 26 October 1929), p.18.][http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article29008648 Marriages: Bent—Topham, The (Adelaide) Advertiser, (Saturday, 8 February 1930), p.18.][http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article128888728 Weddings: Bent—Topham, The (Adelaide) News, (Thursday, 27 February 1930), p.7.]
Football
He was the competition's leading goal kicker on four occasions 1921, 1924, 1925 and 1926.
=Suspension before 1923 Grand Final=
In September 1923 Bent was suspended for six matches for throwing the ball at a boundary umpire and "bruising his chest"[https://www.redlegsmuseum.com.au/THECHAMPIONS/HALL_OF_FAME/BentRoy1.aspx Redlegs Museum: Hall of Fame: Bent, Roy (1921-1928).] {{em-dash}} the boundary umpire had signalled that, as Bent raced down the boundary line towards the goal, the ball was out of bounds; Bent thought otherwise[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63780107 South Adelaide v. Norwood, The (Adelaide) Mail, (Saturday, 8 September 1923), p.7.][http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63779782 Bent Reported, The (Adelaide) Mail, (Saturday, 8 September 1923), p.7.] {{em-dash}} in the match against South Adelaide on 8 September 1923.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65038872 Norwood Player Reported: Bent out for Six Matches, The (Adelaide) Register, (Thursday, 13 September 1923), p.18.] Upon a vigorous appeal,[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106708570 The Case of Roy Bent, The (Adelaide) Daily Herald, (Saturday, 15 September 1923), p.4.] his suspension was later reduced to three weeks.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106708816 Bent's Suspension Reduced to Three Matches, The (Adelaide) Daily Herald, (Tuesday, 18 September 1923), p.4.]
On 29 September 1923, on the day of the Grand Final (from which Bent had been suspended), Bent was jokingly awarded a leather medal, by a group called the "Wallaby Club Sympathisers", in remembrance of his suspension.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63783633 Norwood's Hero: Bent gets Leather Medal, The (Adelaide) Mail, (Saturday, 29 September 1923), p.8.]
Death
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Category:Australian Rules footballers: place kick exponents
Category:Norwood Football Club players
Category:North Broken Hill Football Club players
Category:Road incident deaths in South Australia
Category:Date of birth missing
Category:Australian rules footballers from Broken Hill, New South Wales
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