Roy West (footballer)

Roy Mervyn West (31 March 1941 – 19 November 2011) was an Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1960s.

Roy West
Personal information
Full name	Roy Mervyn West
Date of birth	(1941-03-31)31 March 1941
Date of death	19 November 2011(2011-11-19) (aged 70)
Place of death	Ballarat, Victoria
Original team(s)	Great Western
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	81 kg (179 lb)
Position(s)	Fullback
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1961–64; 1966–67	Geelong	108 (1)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
1962–1963	Victoria	2 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1967. 2 Representative statistics correct as of 1963.
Career highlights
VFL premiership player (1963) Carji Greeves Medal (1961)
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

West was a fullback and won the 1961 Carji Greeves Medal for Geelong's best and fairest player.

On 6 July 1963 he was a member of the Geelong team that were comprehensively and unexpectedly beaten by Fitzroy, 9.13 (67) to 3.13 (31) in the 1963 Miracle Match. He was a premiership player in 1963 and represented Victoria at interstate football.

Following a year-long battle with lung cancer, West died in a Ballarat hospital on 19 November 2011, aged 70.^[1]

Roys son, Troy West, is a notable supporter of the Geelong football club, attending most games and donning the 'Catman' Persona, dressing up entirely in the clubs colours.

Troy West as 'Catman'

See also

• 1963 Miracle Match