Kelvin Moore considers career in blue Stevo and Ralphy
From: Sunday Herald Sun
April 22, 2012 RICHMOND defender Kelvin Moore says his comeback from 10 hip surgeries is the "last roll of the dice".
Moore said yesterday he had been told at times he would never play football again, but was determined to give his AFL career one last shot.
He was considered Richmond's best key defender and in the club's four-man leadership group, but hasn't played since 2010.
Moore is having work experience with Victoria Police through the AFL's SportsReady program.
The internship has included tours of the police academy, suburban stations, the Special Operations Group and, this week, Richmond police station.
He has an interest in the police dog squad, but first he will try to make a return from hip surgery that some doctors have told him will end his career.
Moore cannot pinpoint why he wants to become a policeman.
"I am not sure why. I am quite interested in the dog squad side of it because I have a love of dogs and training them, but I can't answer why I have the drive to get involved," Moore told the Sunday Herald Sun.
"I have been out to a few stations, which was interesting. We went out looking for drug dealers and we also looked at the Special Operations Group. They are nuts, just crazy people."
Moore said he was four to six weeks away from a hitout with Coburg in the VFL.
"It's pretty exciting. I haven't played for 18 months and it's a long time. I has been a tough pill to swallow," Moore said.
"I played Round 22 of 2010 and then was told, 'You will never play again'. It's the cards I have been dealt, but I had to get the surgery in order for me to play again, and to live a healthy life. I was in a fair bit of pain doing day-to-day things."
Moore has needed three of those operations since last May just to return to jogging and kicking, but he has never doubted it was worth it.
"The one significant one (nine months ago) restructured the socket and rotated it around and covered the femur bone and then screwed it back in. That was a six-month recovery before I could run," he said.
"But I am actually feeling the most positive I have been for a long time about playing. I am not getting day-to-day pain. It is the last roll of the dice pretty much, but I am confident I can get back and play some footy and hopefully that's at AFL level."
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