| Kevin Worthington | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Kevin James Worthington | ||
| Date of birth | (1953-05-25)25 May 1953 (age 71) | ||
| Height | 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1971–76, 1980 | Claremont | 102 (57) | |
| 1977–79, 1981–82 | Collingwood | 95 (19) | |
| 1983–84 | Perth | 27 (2) | |
| Total | 224 (78) | ||
| Coaching career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 1996–1999 | East Perth | 85 (43–41–1) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1984. | |||
| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Kevin James Worthington (born 25 May 1953) is a formerAustralian rules footballer who was q prominent player atClaremont in theWAFL andCollingwood in theVFL, during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Worthington played for Claremont between 1971 and 1976. At Collingwood for the following three seasons, he was used by coachTom Hafey as a fullback orback pocket, and participated in losing 1977 and 1979 Grand Final teams. A series of knee injuries led to Worthington spending the 1980 season at Claremont, where he again performed well.
He returned to Collingwood for 1981 and 1982, after which he transferred back to the WAFL, this time atPerth. Worthington spent 1983 and 1984 there, to finish with 129 games in the league.
He also played four interstate games for Western Australia over the course of his career, including the inaugural State of Origin encounter against Victoria.
After retiring as a player, Worthington had a long association with his Magpie teammateStan Magro at country club Wagin and thenin 1992and 1993 as Magro's assistantat East Perth, who had fallen upon hard times since the middle 1980s as their suburban recruiting base was affected by demographic shifts. In his first season as Magro's assistant, Worthington unexpectedly took the Royals as far as a preliminary final, but the following season they fell to seventh in a competition so even that the Royals were only three and a half wins from the top. After two unsuccessful years under little-known formerSouth Fremantle playerRobert Solin, Worthington took the reins at East Perth and steered them as far as their first grand final in nineteen seasons. However, the following three years were progressively less successful and at the endof a 1999 season that saw the Royals ahead onlyof a winlessPeel Thunder, he was unceremoniously sacked[1] to be replaced byTony Micale.
He us the uncle ofAustralian basketball playerMark Worthington.[2]
