Kevin Duffy (footballer)

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}

{{Use Australian English|date=July 2016}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Kevin Duffy

| image =

| fullname = John Kevin Duffy

| birth_date = {{birth date|1897|04|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bendigo, Victoria

| death_date = {{death date and age|1977|11|05|1897|04|13|df=y}}

| death_place = Windsor, Victoria

| originalteam = Rochester

| height =

| weight =

| position = Forward

| statsend = 1920

| years1 = 1920

| club1 = {{AFL StK}}

| games_goals1 = 1 (0)

| careerhighlights =

}}

John Kevin Duffy (13 April 1897 – 5 November 1977) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2014 |edition=10th |isbn=978-1-921496-32-5 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=240}}

Duffy, a forward was recruited from Rochester in the Rochester and District Football Association in 1920 to play in the last match of the season against Fitzroy. {{cite web |title=1920 - Play and Players |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/242305111 |publisher=The Herald |access-date=16 April 2021 |pages=3 |date=3 September 1920}} {{cite web |title=1920 - Richmond Hold Premier Position at End of First Roam |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/242311374 |publisher=The Herald |access-date=16 April 2021 |pages=2 |date=4 September 1920}} {{cite web |title=1920 - Sports and Games |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/165156057 |publisher=The Prahran Telegraph (Vic) |access-date=16 April 2021 |pages=2 |date=11 September 1920}}

Duffy played with the South Bendigo Football Club in 1921 {{cite web |title=1921 - Football: Permits Granted |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1754620# |publisher=The Argus |access-date=16 April 2021 |pages=20 |date=7 May 1921}} and most likely played in their 1921 Bendigo Football League premiership.