Don Benson | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Don Benson | ||
Date of birth | 9 April 1920 | ||
Date of death | 12 June 2019[1] | (aged 99)||
Original team(s) | Yallourn | ||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1945 | Richmond | 3 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1945. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Don Benson (9 April 1920 – 12 June 2019) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]
Benson played 110 games for Yallourn between 1937 and 1945, including their 1939 premiership.
Notes
- ^ "Don Benson". Tigerland Archive.
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 62. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
External links
- Don Benson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Don Benson at AustralianFootball.com
- Tigers Archive Profile