Kevin Shinners

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

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{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Kevin Shinners

| image =

| fullname = Kevin Shinners

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|3|24|df=y}}

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| death_date =

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| originalteam = DandenongThe Age, [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dBZVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XZMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3892,1403049 "Gowers in doubt for first game"], 9 April 1966, p. 11

| height = 180 cm

| weight = 83 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1968

| years1 = 1967–1968

| club1 = Richmond

| games_goals1 = 23 (0)

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Kevin Shinners (born 24 March 1945) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).{{cite book|last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=978-1-920910-78-5}}

Shinners was recruited from Dandenong. He played 17 games for Richmond in the 1967 VFL season, including their semi final win over Carlton, but missed out on participating in the grand final, which they won.{{cite web |url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/K/Kevin_Shinners.html |title=AFL Tables: Kevin Shinners |website=afltables.com}} He was called up to the seniors just six times in 1968.

He continued at Dandenong after leaving Richmond and also spent some time with Rochester in the Bendigo Football League, winning a Michelsen Medal in 1970.