Kevin Austin

Leyton Orient

Austin began his career at non-League Saffron Walden Town before joining Leyton Orient in August 1993 for a fee of £11,000, for whom he made 119 League and cup appearances in three seasons, scoring four goals.

Lincoln City

He moved to Lincoln City in July 1996, for a fee of £30,000, making 146 appearances. A firm favourite during his time at Sincil Bank, Kevin was voted number 56 in Lincoln's 100 league legends in June 2007.

Barnsley

Austin moved to Barnsley in July 1999 on a Bosman free transfer, but in only his fifth match for Barnsley and ironically against Lincoln in the League Cup, he suffered a serious Achilles tendon injury that kept him out of action for the remainder of the season. He only made one further appearance for Barnsley; in a League Cup tie against Rotherham United in August 2000. Returning to fitness, Austin was loaned to Brentford and also linked up with Trinidad and Tobago, making his one and only appearance for the Warriors in a 1–0 2002 World Cup qualifying win over Panama in Port of Spain in November 2000. However, he was then sidelined by a recurrence of his Achilles tendon injury picked up on international duty in the Cayman Islands. A proposed move to Oxford United in January 2001 fell through when he failed a medical and he was released by Barnsley in the summer of 2001.

Cambridge United

He linked up with his old manager John Beck at Cambridge United but continued to be bedevilled by injury and…

He was eligible to play for either England or Trinidad and Tobago at international level and chose to play for the latter against Panama in 2000.

In September 2016 he joined Scunthorpe United as a youth team coach.

Austin was a centre-half who was also utilised as a full-back. Standing at 6'1", he was an imposing figure, dubbed "The Doorman".