# Kevin Betson

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{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Kevin Betson
| image = 
| fullname = Kevin John Betson
| birth_date = {{birth date|1929|11|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = 
| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|12|29|1929|11|12|df=y}}
| death_place = [Morwell, Victoria](/source/Morwell%2C_Victoria)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/tributes/notice/death-notices/betson-kevin-john/3470032/ |title=Tribute: Kevin John Betson |publisher=Herald Sun}}</ref>
| originalteam = Echuca East, Kyabram Imperials, Golden Square, Dunkeld, Echuca.<ref>{{cite web |title=1949 - ECHUCA PLAYERS FOR MELBOURNE TRIALS |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/116841478 |publisher=The Riverine Herald (Echuca, Vic. : Moama, NSW) |access-date=28 February 2024 |page=1 |date=21 October 1949}}</ref>
| height = 187 cm
| weight = 83 kg
| position = 
| statsend = 1955
| years1 = 1952–55
| club1 = {{AFL Ric}}
| games_goals1 = 42 (2)
| careerhighlights = 
}}		
		
'''Kevin John Betson''' (12 November 1929 – 29 December 2012) was an [Australian rules football](/source/Australian_rules_football)er who played with [Richmond](/source/Richmond_Football_Club) in the [Victorian Football League](/source/Australian_Football_League) (VFL).<ref name=encyc>{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2014 |edition=10th |isbn=978-1-921496-32-5 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=64}}</ref>

Betson won the 1948 [Kyabram District Football League](/source/Kyabram_District_Football_League) best and fairest award, the McNamara Medal, while playing with Kyabram Imperials and was a member of their 1948 premiership team too.<ref>{{cite web |title=1948 - KYABRAM TAKES TRIPLE PREMIERSHIP Imperials’ Last Quarter Win Against Merrigum |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/270427358 |publisher=Kyabram Free Press and Rodney and Deakin Shire Advocate (Vic |access-date=28 February 2024 |page=4 |date=7 October 1948}}</ref>

Richmond were chasing him in March, 1950 to come down to Melbourne and train.<ref>{{cite web |title=1950 -  BETSON IS STILL ELUDING TIGERS |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/244313083 |publisher=The Herald (Melbourne, Vic) |access-date=28 February 2024 |page=16 |date=20 March 1950}}</ref>

Betson was runner up in the 1950 Western Districts Football League best and fairest award.<ref>{{cite web |title=1950 -  KEVIN BETSON RUNNER-UP IN WESTERN DISTRICT |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/116863627 |publisher=The Riverine Herald (Echuca, Vic. : Moama, NSW) |access-date=28 February 2024 |page=2 |date=8 September 1950}}</ref>	

== Notes ==		
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== External links ==		
*{{AFL Tables|ref=K/Kevin_Betson.html}}		
*{{AustralianFootball|ref=kevin%2Bbetson/8212}}		
*[https://www.tigerlandarchive.org/tiki-index.php?page=Kevin+Betson Tigerland Archive]
*[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/23232436/ 1953 action photo of Kevin Betson]

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Category:1929 births
Category:2012 deaths
Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Category:Richmond Football Club players
Category:Echuca Football Club players
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen

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