Kevin Coverdale

Kevin Coverdale
Personal information
Full name Kevin Coverdale
Date of birth 31 May 1940
Date of death 4 April 1997(1997-04-04) (aged 56)
Original team(s) Bairnsdale
Height/Weight 188 cm / 86 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1963-1965 Hawthorn 50 (33)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1965 season.

Kevin Coverdale (31 May 1940 – 4 April 1997)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Coverdale first joined Hawthorn in 1959 and played VFL reserves football before returning to Bairnsdale due to work commitments.[2] He also had the misfortune of being injured in two separate car accidents during his early career.[3] Nevertheless he won the Gippsland Football League's "Best and Fairest" award in 1961, following a strong season with Bairnsdale.

He was cleared to Hawthorn for the 1963 season and would kick 21 goals from his 20 senior games that year.[4] A centre half forward, he appeared for Hawthorn in the 1963 VFL Grand Final, which they lost. After playing two more seasons he left Melbourne and rejoined Bairnsdale, who he would captain.

References

  1. ↑ "Kevin Coverdale - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  2. ↑ The Age,"Coverdale Looks Set to Play With Hawks", 19 March 1963, p. 1
  3. ↑ Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
  4. ↑ AFL Tables: Kevin Coverdale
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