| Ron Harvey | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Ronald Joseph Harvey | ||
| Born | (1935-11-11)11 November 1935 Annandale, New South Wales | ||
| Died | 25 October 1991(1991-10-25) (aged 55) Ballarat, Victoria | ||
| Original team | Parade College | ||
| Height | 192 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Weight | 92 kg (203 lb) | ||
| Positions | Ruck, Forward | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1954–1963 | Fitzroy | 127 (49) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1963. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Ronald Joseph Harvey (11 November 1935 – 25 October 1991) was anAustralian rules footballer who played withFitzroy in theVFL.[1]
The son of Joseph Henry Harvey (1897-1969), and Elizabeth Agnes Harvey (1903-1973), née Morris, Ronald Joseph Harvey, was born atAnnandale, New South Wales, on 11 November 1935.
He married Patricia Anne Dillon (1938-) in 1957. They had four children.[2]
Harvey, who worked his way up from the Thirds and the Seconds, making his senior debut against Richmond, at the Brunswick Street Oval on 12 June 1954,[3] played most of his career as a ruckman but was also used, on occasion, as a forward.
In 1959 he won Fitzroy's best and fairest award; in 1962 he finished equal sixth in the Brownlow Medal (along withBrian Gray,Verdun Howell, andBob Skilton);[4] and he represented Victoria twice in his career.
He was a member of Fitzroy's1959 Night Premiership team.[5][6][7]
On 6 July 1963, playing at centre half-forward, he was captain of the young and inexperienced Fitzroy team that comprehensively and unexpectedly defeatedGeelong, 9.13 (67) to 3.13 (31) in the1963 Miracle Match.
From 1964 to 1966 he played, as captain-coach, with theWodonga Football Club in theOvens & Murray Football League (OMFL),[8][9] winning theClub's Best and Fairest Award in 1964.
In 1967 he was the captain-coach of the Coolamon Football Club in the Riverina'sSouth West Football League (New South Wales) (SWDFL).[10][11]
He died atBallarat, Victoria on 25 October 1991.[2]
"Known VFL/AFL senior footballers ex - Parade College in order of League debut, 1897 - 201 3"(PDF).Old Paradians Association. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 14 October 2013. Retrieved4 September 2014.
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