Percy Bentley

For the British soldier, see Percy Bentley (soldier).

Percy Bentley
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/Weight	183cm / 88kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1925–1940	Richmond	263 (275)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
	Victoria	6
Coaching career³
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1934–1940 1941–1955 Total	Richmond Carlton	133 (86–46–1) 281 (167–110–4) 414 (253–156–5)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1940 season. ³ 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

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 honors:

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.

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
AFL: Hall of Fame

Richmond Football Club 1932/34 VFL premiers

1932: Richmond 13.14 (92) defeated Carlton 12.11 (83), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 1934: Richmond 19.14 (128) defeated South Melbourne 12.17 (89), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

1. Bentley (c) 4. Sheahan 6. Judkins 8. Geddes 9. Bolger 9. McCormack 12. Titus 13. Murdoch 14. Baggott 16. O'Neil 18. O'Halloran 23. Strang 25. Zschech 27. Martin

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

Captains of the Richmond Football Club

1908: Pannam
1909: Condon
1909: Lawson
1910: Schmidt
1911: Incigneri
1912: Ohlsen
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–: Cotchin

Coaches of the Richmond Football Club

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 1937: Titus 1941–1952: Dyer 1941: Titus 1953–1955: A. Pannam 1956: Oppy 1957–1960: McDonald 1961–1963: Rowe 1964: Harris 1964–1965: Smith 1965: Titus 1966–1976: Hafey 1971: Howell 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–: Hardwick

Italics denote caretaker coach

Coaches of the Carlton Football Club

1902–1909: Worrall 1909–1911: Elliott 1912: Clark 1913: Wells 1914–1918: Clark 1919: Valentine 1920–1922: Clark 1922–1923: Clover 1924: Parratt 1925: Caldwell 1925: O'Brien 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 1972; 1975: McKenzie 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–: Bolton

Italics denote caretaker coach

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