Kelvin Moore

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Kelvin David Moore (born 15 August 1950) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Kelvin Moore
Personal information
Full name	Kelvin David Moore
Date of birth	(1950-08-15) 15 August 1950 (age 74)
Place of birth	Frankston, Victoria
Original team(s)	Frankston Peninsula, Pearcedale
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	86 kg (190 lb)
Position(s)	Full back
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1970–1984	Hawthorn	300 (21)
1985-1986	Frankston	25 (39)
Total		325 (60)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1984.
Career highlights
3× VFL premiership player: 1971, 1976, 1978 Peter Crimmins Perpetual Memorial Trophy: 1979 All-Australian team: 1979 Australian Football Hall of Fame Hawthorn Hall of Fame Hawthorn Team of the Century
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Moore was one of the best full-backs of his era and played in three Hawthorn premierships during his 300-game career between 1970 and 1984.^[1]

In 2005, Moore was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.^[2] He won the club's best and fairest award in 1979, was named at full-back in the Hawthorn Team of the Twentieth Century^[3] and was an inaugural member of the Hawthorn's Hall of Fame.^[4] He was considered unlucky by many not to be selected at full-back in the AFL Team of the Century.^[5]

After retiring from the VFL, he played for the Frankston Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA), often as a half-forward.^[6] He was later a chairman of selectors for Frankston, St Kilda and Hawthorn,^[7] a Hawthorn board member, and an assistant coach for Hawthorn under Peter Schwab.^[8]

Honours and achievements

Hawthorn

• 3× VFL premiership player: 1971, 1976, 1978
• 2× Minor premiership: 1971, 1975

Individual

• All-Australian team: 1979
• Peter Crimmins Perpetual Memorial Trophy: 1979
• Australian Football Hall of Fame
• Hawthorn Hall of Fame
• Hawthorn Team of the Century
• Hawthorn life member