Bill Benton (footballer)
| Bill Benton | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Bill Benton | ||
| Date of birth | 11 March 1906 | ||
| Date of death | 31 August 1979 (aged 73) | ||
| Original team(s) | Birchip | ||
| Height / weight | 183 cm / 87 kg | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1928–1932 1933–1937 |
Richmond West Perth |
56 (41) 66 (2) | |
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1937. | |||
William Joseph "Bill" Benton (11 March 1906 – 31 August 1979)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and for West Perth in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL).
Benton, who came from Birchip, was Richmond's full-back in the 1929 VFL Grand Final against Collingwood.[2] Although he kept Gordon Coventry to two goals, Benton would finish on the losing side.[3] In the 1930 VFL season he played as a forward and kicked 35 goals, seven on them in a win over North Melbourne at Punt Road Oval.[3]
Benton went to West Perth after leaving Richmond and was a member of WANFL premiership teams in 1934 and 1935.[4]
References
- ↑ "Bill Benton - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
- 1 2 AFL Tables: Bill Benton
- ↑ "Premiership Players 1931 - 2009". WA Football.
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