Kelvin Moore, of the Hawthorn variety, played 300 league games with the Hawks from 1970-84, was a member of three premiership sides, a club Best and Fairest winner, an All-Australian representative, and a Victorian State representative on 13 occasions.  Post- retirement, he was selected at full-back in Hawthorn’s Team of the Century, and was inducted into Australian Football’s Hall of Fame.

Kelvin Moore, of the Richmond variety, was elevated from the Club’s rookie list and made his senior league debut with the Tigers in 2004.  Up to the start of this year, an injury-plagued Moore had managed just 24 senior appearances in his four seasons at the game’s highest level.

This season, however, it’s a totally different story for Tiger Moore . . . He has played all 17 games to date and performed his backline duties so well, that he’s regarded as Richmond’s most improved player, and one of the most improved in the entire competition.

Not only has Moore done a fine job in curbing the talents of gun forwards such as Brendan Fevola, Lance Franklin, Matthew Lloyd, Warren Tredrea and Jonathan Brown, he’s also gathered a fair bit of the ball himself.

He’s averaging 16.2 possessions and 6.3 marks per game, with a career-high 24 possessions against West Coast at Subiaco in Round 15, and a career-high 17 marks v Port Adelaide at AAMI Stadium in Round 13.

With his pace, strong spoiling, sure ball-handling, efficient disposal and coolness under pressure, Moore has become one of the first picked in the Richmond side each week this season, and he’s been a key factor in the Tiger resurgence.

If the 24-year-old can continue to improve, the comparisons with his 57-year-old ex-Hawk namesake will extend way beyond roll calls and signatures.