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(Redirected from Perce Bentley) Australian rules footballer, born 1906 For the British soldier, see Percy Bentley (soldier).

Australian rules footballer

Percy Bentley
Bentley in 1941
Personal information
Full name	Percy Bentley
Date of birth	(1906-12-13)13 December 1906
Date of death	25 March 1982(1982-03-25) (aged 75)
Original team(s)	Burnley Methodists
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	88 kg (194 lb)
Playing career
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1925–1940	Richmond	263 (275)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
	Victoria	6
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1934–1940	Richmond	133 (86–46–1)
1941–1955	Carlton	281 (167–110–4)
Total		414 (253–156–5)
Playing statistics correct to the end of 1940. Coaching statistics correct as of 1955.
Career highlights
Richmond premiership captain 1932 Richmond premiership captain-coach 1934 Carlton premiership coach 1945, 1947 Richmond captain 1932–1940 Australian Football Hall of Fame, inducted 1996
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Percy Bentley (13 December 1906 − 25 March 1982) was an Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League.

Bentley was a strong ruckman and great tactician who was a key player and coach for the Richmond Football Club during his era. He later coached Carlton Football Club during the 1940s and 1950s.

In 1996 Bentley was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.

Career highlights

Playing career

Richmond 1925–1940 (Games: 263 Goals: 272)

Player honours

Richmond captain 1932–1940
Richmond premierships 1932, 1934 (captain-coach)
Victorian representative 6 matches

Coaching record

Richmond 1934–1940 (133 games, 86 wins, 46 losses, 1 draw), Premiership 1934
Carlton 1941–1955 (281 games, 167 wins, 110 losses, 4 draws), Premierships 1945, 1947.

Footnotes

References

Ross, John (1999). The Australian Football Hall of Fame. Australia: HarperCollinsPublishers. p. 40. ISBN 0-7322-6426-X.
Hogan P: The Tigers of Old, Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996

External links

Percy Bentley's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Percy Bentley's coaching statistics from AFL Tables
Percy Bentley at AustralianFootball.com
AFL Hall of Fame

v t e Richmond Football Club 1932 VFL premiers
Richmond 13.14 (92) defeated Carlton 12.11 (83), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1. Bentley (c) 2. Twyford 4. Sheahan 6. Judkins 8. Geddes 9. Bolger 9. McCormack 12. Titus 13. Murdoch 14. Baggott 16. O'Neill 18. O'Halloran 19. Anderson 20. Hunter 23. G. Strang 25. Zschech 27. Martin 28. D. Strang 33. Heifner
Coach: Hughes

v t e Richmond Football Club 1934 VFL premiers
Richmond 19.14 (128) defeated South Melbourne 12.17 (89), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1. Bentley (c) 2. Baxter 4. Sheahan 6. Judkins 7. Edmonds 8. Geddes 9. Bolger 9. McCormack 11. Foster 12. Titus 13. Murdoch 14. Baggott 16. O'Neil 17. Dyer 18. O'Halloran 20. Harris 23. Strang 25. Zschech 27. Martin
Coach: Bentley

v t e Carlton Football Club 1945/47 VFL premiers
1945: Carlton 15.13 (103) defeated South Melbourne 10.15 (75), at Princes Park 1947: Carlton 13.8 (86) defeated Essendon 11.19 (85), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1. Hands 3. Bennett 7. Turner 12. Williams 15. Brown 21. Baxter 23. Deacon 25. Baird 26. Clark
Coach: Bentley

v t e Captains of the Richmond Football Club
VFL/AFL	1908: Pannam 1909: Condon 1909: Lawson 1910: Schmidt 1911: Incigneri 1912: Ohlson 1913: James 1914–1916: Thomas 1917: Maybury 1918: Hall 1919: Thomas 1920–1925: Minogue 1926: M. Morris 1927–1928: Geddes 1929: Lilburne 1930: Geddes 1931: Hunter 1932–1940: Bentley 1941–1949: Dyer 1950–1951: B. Morris 1952–1957: Rowe 1958–1959: Wright 1960–1962: Branton 1963–1966: Crowe 1967: Swift 1968–1971: Dean 1972–1975: Hart 1976–1977: Bourke 1978: Sheedy 1979: Bartlett 1980: Monteath 1981: Wood 1982: Cloke 1983–1984: Rowlings 1985–1987: Lee 1988–1992: Weightman 1993: Hogg 1994–1996: Free 1997–2000: Knights 2001–2004: Campbell 2005–2008: Johnson 2009–2012: Newman 2013–2021: Cotchin 2022–2023: Grimes/Nankervis 2024–: Nankervis
AFL Women's	2020–: Brennan

Captains of the Richmond Football Club

VFL/AFL

1908: Pannam
1909: Condon
1909: Lawson
1910: Schmidt
1911: Incigneri
1912: Ohlson
1913: James
1914–1916: Thomas
1917: Maybury
1918: Hall
1919: Thomas
1920–1925: Minogue
1926: M. Morris
1927–1928: Geddes
1929: Lilburne
1930: Geddes
1931: Hunter
1932–1940: Bentley
1941–1949: Dyer
1950–1951: B. Morris
1952–1957: Rowe
1958–1959: Wright
1960–1962: Branton
1963–1966: Crowe
1967: Swift
1968–1971: Dean
1972–1975: Hart
1976–1977: Bourke
1978: Sheedy
1979: Bartlett
1980: Monteath
1981: Wood
1982: Cloke
1983–1984: Rowlings
1985–1987: Lee
1988–1992: Weightman
1993: Hogg
1994–1996: Free
1997–2000: Knights
2001–2004: Campbell
2005–2008: Johnson
2009–2012: Newman
2013–2021: Cotchin
2022–2023: Grimes/Nankervis
2024–: Nankervis

AFL Women's

2020–: Brennan

v t e Coaches of the Richmond Football Club
VFL/AFL	1908–1909: Condon 1910: Hall 1911: Incigneri 1912: C. Pannam 1913: Jenkins 1914–1916: Ricketts 1917: Maybury 1918: Nolan 1919: Clark 1920–1925: Minogue 1926: Morris 1927–1932: Hughes 1933: Schmidt 1934–1940: Bentley 1941–1952: Dyer 1953–1955: A. Pannam 1956: Oppy 1957–1960: McDonald 1961–1963: Rowe 1964–1965: Smith 1964: Harris 1965: Titus 1966–1976: Hafey 1976–1978: Richardson 1979–1981: Jewell 1982–1983: Bourke 1984: Patterson 1985: Sproule 1985–1987: Jewell 1988–1991: Bartlett 1992: Jeans 1993–1995: Northey 1996–1997: Walls 1997–1999: Gieschen 2000–2004: Frawley 2005–2009: Wallace 2009: Rawlings 2010–2023: Hardwick 2023: McQualter 2024–: Yze
AFL Women's	2020: Hunter 2021–: Ferguson
Italics denote caretaker coach

v t e Coaches of the Carlton Football Club
VFL/AFL	1902–1909: Worrall 1909–1911: Elliott 1912: Clark 1913: Wells 1914–1918: Clark 1919: Valentine 1920–1922: Clark 1922–1923: Clover 1924: Parratt 1925: O'Brien 1925: Caldwell 1926: Brew 1927: Clover 1928: Brew 1929–1934: Minogue 1935–1936: Maher 1937: Rowe 1938–1940: Diggins 1941–1955: Bentley 1956–1958: Francis 1959–1964: Hands 1965–1971: Barassi 1972–1975: Nicholls 1976–1977: Thorogood 1978: Stewart 1978: Silvagni 1978–1979: Jesaulenko 1980: Jones 1981–1985: Parkin 1986–1989: Walls 1989–1990: Jesaulenko 1991–2000: Parkin 2001–2002: Brittain 2003–2007: Pagan 2007–2012: Ratten 2013–2015: Malthouse 2015: Barker 2016–2019: Bolton 2019–2021: Teague 2022–: Voss
AFL Women's	2017–2018: Keeping 2019–2022 (S7): Harford 2023–: Buck
Italics denote caretaker coach

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