{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Kevin Sheehan | image = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|8|1|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | originalteam = Sandhurst | debutdate = Round 4, 1974 | debutteam = Geelong | debutopponent = St Kilda | debutstadium = Kardinia Park | height = 177 cm | weight = 76 kg | position = | statsend = 1982 | years1 = 1974–1982 | club1 = Geelong | games_goals1 = 102 (112) | careerhighlights = }}
'''Kevin Vincent Sheehan''' <small>OAM</small> (born 1 August 1953) is a former Australian rules footballer for Geelong and the current Australian Football League (AFL) National Talent and International Manager, a member of the AFL football operations sub-committee and a selector for the AFL Rising Star award.<ref name=afl>{{cite web|title=The AFL administration |url=http://www.afl.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/208/Default.aspx?newsId=1034 |publisher=Australian Football League |date=22 November 2007 |access-date=8 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930121835/http://afl.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/208/Default.aspx?newsId=1034 |archive-date=30 September 2007 }}</ref>
Sheehan played 102 games for Geelong over nine seasons, but only managed 16 senior games in his final three seasons. During this time, however, he won three consecutive reserve grade premierships, captaining the side in 1981.<ref name=afl2>{{cite web |last= |first= |title=History – Reserves – Geelong |publisher=Australian Football League |date= |url=http://www.gfc.com.au/TheClub/History/Premierships/Reserves/tabid/9388/Default.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011214202/http://www.gfc.com.au/TheClub/History/Premierships/Reserves/tabid/9388/Default.aspx |archive-date=11 October 2007 |access-date=20 February 2009 }}</ref>
After retiring as a player, Sheehan remained involved in the game, initially as the Victorian State of Origin team manager and then as the AFL national talent identification manager. He is honoured in this role by having the Kevin Sheehan Medal awarded to the best player in each year's Under 16 National Championships.<ref>{{cite web|title=Thirty of the best prospects prepare for this Saturday's AFL draft|url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,24710773-23211,00.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120730104310/http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,24710773-23211,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 July 2012|work=Fox Sports|date=26 November 2008|access-date=8 January 2009}}</ref>
From 2010 onwards, Sheehan appeared as a panellist on ''TAC Cup Future Stars'', a Nine Network television program.
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==External links== *{{AFL Tables | K/Kevin_Sheehan }}
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