Kevin Curran (footballer)

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Kevin Curran
Personal information
Date of birth	19 December 1920
Original team	Traralgon
Debut	Round 7, 1940, Hawthorn v. Fitzroy, at Brunswick Street
Height/Weight	183cm / 87 kg
Playing career¹
Hawthorn (1940) (1946-51) 85 games, 9 goals
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 1951 season.

Kevin Curran (born 19 December 1920) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn in the VFL during the 1940s.

Curran was recruited to Hawthorn from Traralgon and played his first game with them in 1940. A rover, he made his debut in a game against Fitzroy but internal disputes over his selection ensured that it would be the only time he appeared in the season. Instead of staying on at Hawthorn he enlisted in the army, fighting against the Japanese in Dili.

In 1946 he made a return to Hawthorn and the following season represented Victoria at the Hobart Carnival, the first on 9 interstate appearances during his career. He won Hawthorn's best and fairest award in 1948, also winning the Simpson Medal for his performance against West Australian in an interstate game. Curran captained Hawthorn for the 1950 season and his appointment saw a disgruntled Alec Albiston leave the club feeling he should have got the job.

He won the 1952 Michelsen Medal, while playing in Bendigo for the Sandhurst Football Club.

External links

Kevin Curran's statistics from AFL Tables
Hawksheadquarters profile

Captains of the Hawthorn Football Club

1925: Jackson
1926: Minogue
1926: Burke
1927: Lethlean
1928: Sutton
1928: Sellars
1929: Chadwick
1930–1931: Harris
1932–1934: Mills
1935–1937: McAlpine
1938: Mills
1939: Thomas
1940–1941: Mills
1942: Carmody
1943: Williams
1944: Bohan
1945: Shea
1946: Bohan
1947–1949: Albiston
1950: O'Donohue
1950–1951: Curran
1951–1952: O'Donohue
1953–1954: Fletcher
1955–1959: Kennedy
1960–1965: Arthur
1965: Peck
1966–1968: Arthur
1969–1973: Parkin
1974–1975: Crimmins
1976–1980: Scott
1981–1985: Matthews
1986–1991: Tuck
1992–1993: Ayres
1994: Langford
1995–1998: Dunstall
1999–2004: Crawford
2005–2007: Vandenberg
2008–2010: Mitchell
2011–: Hodge

Peter Crimmins Medal · Hawthorn Football Club Best and Fairest Winners

1927: Utting
1929: Utting
1930: Sharpley
1932: Spinks
1933: Mills
1934: Loveless
1935: Mills
1936: Murphy
1937: Murphy
1938: Spinks
1939: Mills
1940: Angwin
1941: Albiston
1942: Barker
1943: Bohan
1944: Blackman
1945: Bohan
1946: Albiston
1947: Culpitt
1948: Curran
1949: Austen
1950: Kennedy
1951: Kennedy
1952: Kennedy
1953: Fletcher
1954: Kennedy
1955: Arthur
1956: Simmonds
1957: Hughes
1958: Arthur
1959: Woodley
1960: Edwards
1961: Law
1962: Arthur
1963: Law
1964: Law
1965: Parkin
1966: Wilson
1967: Keddie
1968: Hudson
1969: Keddie
1970: Hudson
1971: Matthews
1972: Matthews
1973: Scott
1974: Matthews
1975: Knights
1976: Matthews
1977: Matthews
1978: Matthews/Knights
1979: Moore
1980: Matthews
1981: Wallace
1982: Matthews
1983: Wallace
1984: Greene
1985: Brereton
1986: Ayres
1987: Platten
1988: Dunstall
1989: Dunstall
1990: Collins
1991: Allan
1992: Dunstall
1993: Dunstall
1994: Platten
1995: Jarman
1996: Salmon
1997: Salmon
1998: Crawford
1999: Crawford
2000: Chick/Holland
2001: Smith
2002: Crawford
2003: Crawford
2004: Everitt
2005: Hodge
2006: Mitchell
2007: Sewell
2008: Franklin
2009: Mitchell
2010: Hodge
2011: Mitchell
2012: Mitchell
2013: Gibson

Persondata
Name	Curran, Kevin
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer
Date of birth	19 December 1920
Place of birth
Date of death
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