Kevin Meddings

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Kevin Meddings
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Full name Kevin Meddings
Date of birth(1941-10-12)12 October 1941
Original team(s) Yarraville
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Position(s) Forward
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1962 Footscray 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1962.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Kevin Meddings (born 12 October 1941) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Meddings spent most of the 1960s playing for Yarraville in the Victorian Football Association but in the 1962 season played at Ted Whitten's Footscray. [1] After getting his clearance, the full-forward made his first and only VFL appearance in a six-point loss to Essendon at Windy Hill. [2] He represented the VFA at the interstate arena, most notably in the 1966 Hobart Carnival. [3]

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References

  1. The Age, "Kevin Meddings for Footscray", 18 April 1962, p. 10
  2. "Kevin Meddings". AFL Tables.
  3. "1966 Carnival VFA Player Details". Full Points Footy. Archived from the original on 20 June 2010. Retrieved 9 March 2010.