Roy West (footballer)

Roy West
Personal information
Full name	Roy Mervyn West
Date of birth	(1941-03-31)31 March 1941
Date of death	19 November 2011(2011-11-19) (aged 70)
Place of death	Ballarat, Victoria
Original team(s)	Great Western
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	81 kg (179 lb)
Position(s)	Fullback
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1961–64; 1966–67	Geelong	108 (1)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
1962–1963	Victoria	2 (0)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1967. ^2 State and international statistics correct as of 1963.
Career highlights
VFL premiership player (1963) Carji Greeves Medal (1961)
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Roy Mervyn West (31 March 1941 – 19 November 2011) was an Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1960s.

West was a fullback and won the 1961 Carji Greeves Medal for Geelong's best and fairest player.

On 6 July 1963 he was a member of the Geelong team that were comprehensively and unexpectedly beaten by Fitzroy, 9.13 (67) to 3.13 (31) in the 1963 Miracle Match. He was a premiership player in 1963 and represented Victoria at interstate football.

Following a year-long battle with lung cancer, West died in a Ballarat hospital on 19 November 2011, aged 70.^[1]

See also

• 1963 Miracle Match

References

1. Daffey, Paul (22 November 2011). "Vale Roy West". AFL BigPond Network. Archived from the original on 25 November 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2011.

External links

• Roy West's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Roy West at AustralianFootball.com