Roy Kemp
Essendon
AFL career
12 games4 goals
- Debut
- R1 1922 v CAR6 May 1922
- Most recent
- R14 1922 v RCH19 Aug 1922
Stats
Bio
A mature-age debutant who produced a solitary but consistent season for the Bombers, Roy Kemp did not break into the VFL ranks until the age of 26. Standing 174cm and weighing a slight 68kg, he was a nippy utility who suited the club's developing speed-oriented game style that would soon evolve into the famous "Mosquito Fleet." Kemp proved to be a durable fixture in the first half of the 1922 season, immediately cementing his place in the senior side to play 12 consecutive matches from Round 1. He chipped in with four goals and helped Essendon establish themselves as a top-four threat, but his career ended as abruptly as it began; after a Round 12 victory over Richmond, he lost his spot in the lineup and missed the club's subsequent finals campaign, leaving him as a one-season player who briefly held a perfect attendance record.
Profile
- Born
- 04 Nov 1895
- Died
- 02 Feb 1982 (aged 86y 90d)
- Birthplace
- Essendon, VIC
- Deathplace
- Murrumbeena, VIC
- Height
- 174 cm
- Weight
- 68 kg
Teams
Bio
1 revisionA mature-age debutant who produced a solitary but consistent season for the Bombers, Roy Kemp did not break into the VFL ranks until the age of 26. Standing 174cm and weighing a slight 68kg, he was a nippy utility who suited the club's developing speed-oriented game style that would soon evolve into the famous "Mosquito Fleet." Kemp proved to be a durable fixture in the first half of the 1922 season, immediately cementing his place in the senior side to play 12 consecutive matches from Round 1. He chipped in with four goals and helped Essendon establish themselves as a top-four threat, but his career ended as abruptly as it began; after a Round 12 victory over Richmond, he lost his spot in the lineup and missed the club's subsequent finals campaign, leaving him as a one-season player who briefly held a perfect attendance record.