{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2015}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Kevin Eveleigh | honorific_suffix = | image = | caption = | nickname = | birth_name = Kevin Alfred Eveleigh | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|11|08|df=yes}} | birth_place = Palmerston North, New Zealand | death_place = | death_date = | ru_position = Flanker | height = {{convert|1.83|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|89|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | repteam1 = {{nrut|New Zealand}} | repteam2 = Rhodesia | repyears1 = 1974–77 | repyears2 = 1979–80 | repcaps1 = 4 | repcaps2 = 25 | reppoints1 = 0 | province1 = Manawatu | province2 = Bay of Plenty | provinceyears1 = 1969–78 | provinceyears2 = 1981–82 | provinceapps1 = 107 | provincepoints1 = | coachteams1 = Manawatu | coachyears1 = 1987 | occupation = Farmer | family = | spouse = | children = | relatives = | school = Otorohanga College | university = }}
'''Kevin Alfred Eveleigh''' (born 8 November 1947) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A flanker, Eveleigh represented Manawatu and Bay of Plenty at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1974 to 1977. He played 30 matches for the All Blacks including four internationals. He later captained Rhodesia between 1979 and 1980, and was the coach of Manawatu in 1987.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=263 |title = Kevin Eveleigh | last = Akers | first = Clive | publisher = New Zealand Rugby Union | accessdate = 2 April 2015}}</ref> In 1988, he was one of the first two "celebrity entries"—alongside Brian Ford—at the annual Coast to Coast adventure race.<ref>{{Cite book | page = 72 | title = Coast to Coast: The Great New Zealand Race | last1 = McKerrow | first1 = Bob | author-link1 = Bob McKerrow | last2 = Woods | first2 = John | location = Christchurch, New Zealand | publisher = Shoal Bay Press | year = 1994 | isbn = 978-0-908704-22-4 }}</ref>
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