Kevin Parks is a former Australian rules football

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 Essendon

Essendon Football Club

The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

 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).

Parks started out at Kilmore

Kilmore Football Club

Kilmore Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is an Australian rules football club affiliated with the Riddell District Football League.The club is located 60 km north of Melbourne in the town of Kilmore.-Competitions:...

 but was playing with Broadford

Broadford Football Club

The Broadford Football Club, is an Australian rules football club and located 88 km north of Melbourne in the town of Broadford and is affiliated with the Riddell District Football League....

 when recruited by Essendon. A half back, he played eight games for Essendon in the 1958 VFL season

1958 VFL season

Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1958.-Premiership season:In 1958, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man...

 and appeared twice the following year.

He played for Kyneton

Kyneton Football Club

The Kyneton Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Bendigo Football League.They are based in the town of Kyneton, Victoria and have played in the Bendigo Football League since 1932.-Notable players:...

 from 1960 to 1966 and captain-coached a premiership team in the last of those years. In 1960 he won the league's Best and Fairest

Best and Fairest

Best and Fairest is the term commonly used in Australian sport to describe the player adjudged to have had the best performance in a game or over a season for a given sporting club or competition while not receiving a suspension for misconduct or breaching the rules during that season.In the...

award.