Roy West, Australian football player, died from lung cancer he was 70.

Roy West  was an Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1960s died from lung cancer he was 70..

(31 March 1941 – 19 November 2011)

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


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