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Kevin Charles Bartlett AM (born March 6 , 1947 ) is a former Australian Rules Football player who played in the VFL between 1965 and 1983 for the Richmond Football Club . PLAYING CAREER Bartlett was a rover and goalkicker who was known as 'Hungry' due to his unwillingness to handball. He is known for great evasiveness and stamina, he could win a game off his own boot. A winner of five premierships with Richmond , he also won the Norm Smith Medal in 1980 . With 403 games, only Michael Tuck of Hawthorn has played more VFL/AFL games. Bartlett was renowned for his skill and concentration on the game and was instrumental in many Tiger wins. The "Kevin Bartlett Medal" is awarded each season to the player who finishes fifth in the Richmond Football Club's Best And Fairest count. COACHING CAREER Bartlett was the Tigers' coach from 1988 to 1991 . Controversy surrounding his dismissal as coach left him estranged from the football club for many years. However, on March 30 , 2007 he attended his first official club function since 1991 . ADMINISTRATIVE CAREER Kevin Bartlett is a key member and public face of the AFL " Laws Of The Game " or Rules Committee, a committee which has been consistently criticised for constantly tampering with the rules of the game. MEDIA CAREER Bartlett joined . His media commitments were put on hold during his four-year stint as Richmond coach. He has great all-round interest in most sports, and is one of the few ex- Australian Football players who has carved out a career commentating on all manner of sports. Currently, he hosts '' Hungry For Sport '', a radio show playing on his nickname of "Hungry", on Melbourne 's dedicated sports radio station, SEN and commentates Saturday and Sunday matches for them. He previously had commentated on cable-TV for Fox Footy and was the host of the popular nostalgia show '' Grumpy Old Men '' on Fox Footy until the channel's closure at the end of the 2006 season. REFERENCES
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