Don Benson

Don Benson (9 April 1920 – 12 June 2019) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Don Benson
Personal information
Full name Don Benson
Date of birth (1920-04-09)9 April 1920
Date of death 12 June 2019(2019-06-12) (aged 99)[1]
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

Benson played 110 games for Yallourn between 1937 and 1945, including their 1939 premiership.

Notes

  1. "Don Benson". Tigerland Archive.
  2. 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.
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