Kent Kingsley (born 26 September 1978) is a former

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er for the

North Melbourne Football Club The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Kangaroos or colloquially the Roos, is a professional Australian rules football club. The men's team competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), and the women's team in the AFL Women's (AF ...

, the

Geelong Football Club The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed the Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club based at Kardinia Park in South Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The club competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier comp ...

and the

Richmond Football Club The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers or colloquially the Tiges, is a professional Australian rules football team competing in the Australian Football League (AFL). Founded in 1885 in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond, Victoria, Ric ...

in the

Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional sports, professional competition of Australian rules football. It was originally named the Victorian Football League (VFL) and was founded in 1896 as a breakaway competition ...

(AFL).

Career

full-forward Full-forward is a position in Australian rules football and Gaelic football with a key focus on kicking goals. The Coleman Medal is awarded to the player, often a full-forward, who has kicked the most goals in an Australian Football League seaso ...

, Kingsley was recruited from

South Australian National Football League The South Australian National Football League, or SANFL ( or ''S-A-N-F-L''), is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the state's sports governing body, governing body for the sport. ...

(SANFL) club

Woodville-West Torrens Woodville-West Torrens Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). The club was formed in 1990 from a merger of the neighbouring Woodville and West Torrens football club ...

along with his twin brother Wade by

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, but the brothers were quickly traded to

North Melbourne North Melbourne is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Melbourne central business district, Central Business District, located within the City of Melbourne Local government ar ...

for Paul Geister in 1996. Elevated as a rookie in

1999 AFL season The 1999 AFL season was the 103rd season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured six ...

, he made his AFL debut in round 10 that season and kicked six goals against Port Adelaide. Kingsley was traded to Geelong at the end of the

2000 AFL season The 2000 AFL season was the 104th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia. The season featured 16 clubs and ran from 8 March until 2 September, comprising a 22- ...

. Kent's eight-year AFL career saw him play 125 games for three clubs. During his time with Geelong, Kingsley became the side's leading goalkicker from 2002 to 2005 and was a key option up forward. However, he was often maligned by fans for his inconsistency and inaccuracy in front of goal. During 2006, Kingsley was dropped from the side midway through the season despite the Cats' lack of other forward options. At the season's end, Kingsley joined the

via the 2006 Draft. He played only three senior games in

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for Richmond, and he announced his retirement from AFL football on 28 August 2007.

Personal life

In 1998, Kingsley started his first company (IT web development and database integration) that was bought out by a public software company in 1999. The same year, Kingsley made his AFL debut playing for North Melbourne at the age of 21. Off the field, Kingsley has worked as an internet entrepreneur and co-owned a Geelong-based restaurant with fellow Geelong footballers Steven King and

Matthew Scarlett Matthew Scarlett (born 5 June 1979) is a former Australian rules footballer, who formerly played for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A fullback, who is tall and weighing , Scarlett is the eldest son of forme ...

called the George and Dragon Hotel from 2004 to 2007, until it changed name and ownership due to financial difficulty. Kent is currently playing for Glen Orden in the

Western Region Football League The Western Football Netball League (WFNL) is a semi-professional Australian rules football and netball league, based in the western suburbs of Melbourne. History The league was formed in 1931 as the Footscray District Football League (FDFL). ...

.Glen Orden Signs Mooney And Kingsley
'Herald Sun''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kingsley, Kent Murray Kangaroos Football Club players North Melbourne Football Club players Geelong Football Club players Richmond Football Club players Woodville-West Torrens Football Club players Australian rules footballers from South Australia 1978 births Living people Australian twins