Kevin Pirrie
Personal information
Full name Kevin James Pirrie
Date of birth (1922-02-16)16 February 1922
Place of birth Hawthorn, Victoria
Date of death 9 January 2006(2006-01-09) (aged 83)
Place of death Kew, Victoria[1]
Original team(s) Hawthorn CYMS
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 81 kg (179 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1941, 1946 Hawthorn 10 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1946.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Kevin James Pirrie (16 February 1922 – 9 January 2006) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Family

He was the son of Richard Pirrie and brother of Dick Pirrie.

War service

Pirrie's football career was interrupted by his service in the Australian Army during World War II.[3]

Notes

  1. "Death Notice: Kevin James Pirrie". Herald Sun.
  2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 708. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  3. "World War II Roll: Kevin James Pirrie". Department of Veterans Affairs.


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