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),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.Engagements: Topham—Bent, The (Adelaide) Advertiser, (Saturday, 26 October 1929), p.18.Marriages: Bent—Topham, The (Adelaide) Advertiser, (Saturday, 8 February 1930), p.18.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"Redlegs Museum: Hall of Fame: Bent, Roy (1921-1928). the boundary umpire had signalled that, as Bent raced down the boundary line towards the goal, the ball was out of bounds; Bent thought otherwiseSouth Adelaide v. Norwood, The (Adelaide) Mail, (Saturday, 8 September 1923), p.7.Bent Reported, The (Adelaide) Mail, (Saturday, 8 September 1923), p.7. in the match against South Adelaide on 8 September 1923.Norwood Player Reported: Bent out for Six Matches, The (Adelaide) Register, (Thursday, 13 September 1923), p.18. Upon a vigorous appeal,The Case of Roy Bent, The (Adelaide) Daily Herald, (Saturday, 15 September 1923), p.4. his suspension was later reduced to three weeks.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.Norwood's Hero: Bent gets Leather Medal, The (Adelaide) Mail, (Saturday, 29 September 1923), p.8.
Death He was killed in a car accident in 1975.
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