Kevin Connell
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Kevin Connell is a former Australian rules football
er who played with Hawthorn
in the Victorian Football League
(VFL).
Connell, a rover from Maryborough
, was a regular member of the Hawthorn team for much of the early 1960s. He was unlucky to miss out on participating in Hawthorn's breakthrough premiership win in 1961, having been in good form with five goals against Richmond
in the final round of the home and away season, only to injure his knee in the semi.
Two years later he was the beneficiary of an injury, when he was named in the Hawthorn side which contested the 1963 preliminary final, despite previously playing just one game all year. He had been called up as cover for Ian Law
and kept his spot on the bench for the 1963 VFL Grand Final
, which Hawthorn lost.
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
er who played with Hawthorn
Hawthorn Football Club
The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...
in the Victorian Football League
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
(VFL).
Connell, a rover from Maryborough
Maryborough Football Club
The Maryborough Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Bendigo Football League.They are based in the town of Maryborough, Victoria.-History:...
, was a regular member of the Hawthorn team for much of the early 1960s. He was unlucky to miss out on participating in Hawthorn's breakthrough premiership win in 1961, having been in good form with five goals against Richmond
Richmond Football Club
The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...
in the final round of the home and away season, only to injure his knee in the semi.
Two years later he was the beneficiary of an injury, when he was named in the Hawthorn side which contested the 1963 preliminary final, despite previously playing just one game all year. He had been called up as cover for Ian Law
Ian Law
Ian Law is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn throughout the 1960s.A rover, Law won the Hawthorn Best and fairest award in just his second year of VFL football and also finished 1961 third in the Brownlow Medal count...
and kept his spot on the bench for the 1963 VFL Grand Final
1963 VFL Grand Final
The 1963 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Geelong Football Club and Hawthorn Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 5 October 1963. It was the 67th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the...
, which Hawthorn lost.