Kevin Hastings

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**Kevin Hastings**
Personal information
Full name	Kevin Hastings
Date of birth	January 5, 1957 (1957-01-05) (age 51)
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Nickname(s)	Horrie
Senior clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (points)
1976–1987	Eastern Suburbs	228 (281)
Representative teams
1981, 1983 1983	City Seconds New South Wales Origin	2 1
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only.

Kevin 'Horrie' Hastings (born on January 5, 1957 in Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia) a multi-award winning rugby league player in Australia's New South Wales Rugby League Football Competition (NSWRL). One of the Eastern Suburbs clubs favourite sons, debuting with the club in 1976 until his final match in 1987.

Coach Jack Gibson placed Hastings into first grade in 1976 when he was 19. He went on to have a distinguished career with Easts that lasted 12 seasons and he played in the 1980 grand final against the Bulldogs. He held the distinct honour of being the first player to appear in 200 first grade games for the club and held the record for the number of first grade games for Easts at 228 until broken by Luke Ricketson in 2005.

Hastings received the name 'Horrie' from Bob O'Reilly who gave players nicknames that started with the same inital as the surname. Considered by many to have been the greatest rugby league halfback never to have played for Australia.

The Kevin Hastings Stand, at Aussie Stadium, which is the Homeground for the Sydney Roosters, was named in his honour. He now lives in Florida with his American wife Lynn, as a sales representative for Mona-Vie, a nutritional drink for athletes.