Keith Gent
Essendon
AFL career
7 games0 goals
- Debut
- R5 1965 v STK15 May 1965
- Most recent
- R8 1966 v STK13 June 1966
Stats
Bio
Recruited from Essendon Baptists-St John’s, Keith Gent was a highly promising junior talent who captained the Bombers’ Under-19s and won the club's best and fairest award in 1964. Breaking into the senior lineup as a half-forward, he managed seven games across two seasons before his football journey was abruptly halted by conscription into the Vietnam War. Gent was wounded in action during his service, an injury that effectively curtailed his VFL career just as it was beginning. While he eventually returned to the field to enjoy a successful tenure in the VFA with Preston and Brunswick—later captain-coaching Reservoir to consecutive premierships—his time at Essendon remains a respectful case of a career sacrificed for national duty.
Profile
- Born
- 13 Apr 1945 (age 81y 191d)
- Height
- 182 cm
- Weight
- 75 kg
Teams
Bio
1 revisionRecruited from Essendon Baptists-St John’s, Keith Gent was a highly promising junior talent who captained the Bombers’ Under-19s and won the club's best and fairest award in 1964. Breaking into the senior lineup as a half-forward, he managed seven games across two seasons before his football journey was abruptly halted by conscription into the Vietnam War. Gent was wounded in action during his service, an injury that effectively curtailed his VFL career just as it was beginning. While he eventually returned to the field to enjoy a successful tenure in the VFA with Preston and Brunswick—later captain-coaching Reservoir to consecutive premierships—his time at Essendon remains a respectful case of a career sacrificed for national duty.