REGARDED as one of the Norwood Football Club's greatest ever forwards, Roy "Cool Alec" Bent was born in Broken Hill, starting his football at the North Broken Hill Football Club.

He started in the North reserves in 1918, progressing to the seniors in the second half of the 1919 season and continued in 1920, earning the nickname.

Bent was the first of the SANFL goal kicking aces to emerge between...