Kevin "Skeeter" Coghlan (14 October 1929 – 22 August 2002)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Coghlan, said to have been the smallest player of his era, earned his nickname of "Skeeter" when during a junior high jump competition he successfully made it over a target which was three inches above his height.
He won a Gardiner Medal in 1949 for his efforts in the league seconds.
[3] Collingwood went on to win the premiership in 1953, but Coghlan was at Hawthorn, having applied for and been granted a clearance to the Hawks.
[4] His tally of 19 goals in 1953 remains the lowest ever total to top the Hawthorn goal-kicking.