Don Benson

Don Benson
Personal information
Full name Don Benson
Born (1920-04-09)9 April 1920
Died 12 June 2019(2019-06-12) (aged 99)
Original team 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

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

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.