title: Kevin Hevey
text: # Kevin Hevey
  
  James Kevin Hevey (30 April 1923 – 16 October 2021) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
  
  ## Family
  
  The son of Augustine Lawrence Michael Hevey (1884-1970), and Margaret Jean Hevey (1885-1984), née Sinclair, James Kevin Hevey was born at Malvern, Victoria on 5 April 1923.
  
  He married Joyce Isabelle Reid (1928-2011) in 1950.
  
  ## Football
  
  ### Hawthorn (VFL)
  
  Recruited from the Tooronga Football Club in 1941, he began his career at Hawthorn playing in the Second XVIII.
  
  He returned to Hawthorn after his military service.
  
  ### Camberwell (VFA)
  
  In 1949, along with his Hawthorn team-mate Bob Milgate, Hevey transferred to Camberwell in the VFA.
  
  ## Military service
  
  Hevey served as a member of the 24th Battalion (Australia) in World War II.
  
  ## Death
  
  Hevey died at Montrose, Victoria on 16 October 2021, at the age of 98. At the time of his death, Hevey was noted as being the oldest former Hawthorn player.
  
  