Kevin Betson
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Kevin Betson | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Kevin John Betson | ||
Date of birth | 12 November 1929 | ||
Date of death | 29 December 2012 | (aged 83)||
Place of death | Morwell, Victoria[1] | ||
Original team(s) | Echuca East, Kyabram Imperials, Golden Square, Dunkeld, Echuca.[2] | ||
Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1952–55 | Richmond | 42 (2) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1955. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Kevin John Betson (12 November 1929 – 29 December 2012) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[3]
Betson won the 1948 Kyabram District Football League best and fairest award, the McNamara Medal, while playing with Kyabram Imperials and was a member of their 1948 premiership team too.[4]
Richmond were chasing him in March, 1950 to come down to Melbourne and train.[5]
Betson was runner up in the 1950 Western Districts Football League best and fairest award.[6]
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Tribute: Kevin John Betson". Herald Sun.
- ^ "1949 - ECHUCA PLAYERS FOR MELBOURNE TRIALS". The Riverine Herald (Echuca, Vic. : Moama, NSW). 21 October 1949. p. 1. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 64. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ^ "1948 - KYABRAM TAKES TRIPLE PREMIERSHIP Imperials' Last Quarter Win Against Merrigum". Kyabram Free Press and Rodney and Deakin Shire Advocate (Vic. 7 October 1948. p. 4. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ^ "1950 - BETSON IS STILL ELUDING TIGERS". The Herald (Melbourne, Vic). 20 March 1950. p. 16. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ^ "1950 - KEVIN BETSON RUNNER-UP IN WESTERN DISTRICT". The Riverine Herald (Echuca, Vic. : Moama, NSW). 8 September 1950. p. 2. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
External links
[edit]- Kevin Betson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Kevin Betson at AustralianFootball.com
- Tigerland Archive
- 1953 action photo of Kevin Betson