- Roy Simmonds
Infobox afl player | firstname = Roy
lastname = Simmonds
birthdate = 29 December 1928
birthplace =
originalteam = Cohuna
heightweight = 175 cm / 80 kg
dead =
deathdate = 9 August 2008
deathplace =Melbourne
debutdate = 1950
debutteam = Hawthorn
debutopponent =
debutstadium =
playingteams = Hawthorn (1950-61)
* 192 games, 78 goals
coach =
coachingteams =
statsend = 1961
careerhighlights =Roy Simmonds (29 December 1928 - 9 August 2008) was an
Australian rules football er who played with Hawthorn in the VFL during the 1950s.Simmonds was used all around the ground by Hawthorn, most often though on the half back flank. His finest season came in 1956 where he won Hawthorn's best and fairest and finished equal fourth in the Brownlow Medal count. He represented Victoria at the 1956 Perth interstate football carnival.
His career ended when he was controversially omitted from the 1961 Grand Final.
In 2003 he was chosen on the interchange bench in Hawthorn's official 'Team of the Century'.
He worked as a grounds maintenance worker at East Doncaster Secondary in his later life, for a total of fourteen years. On the 9th of August 2008, Simmonds died from cancer.
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