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Ron Harvey
Personal information
Full name Ronald Joseph Harvey
Date of birth (1935-11-11)11 November 1935
Place of birth Annandale, New South Wales
Date of death 25 October 1991(1991-10-25) (aged 55)
Place of death Ballarat, Victoria
Original team(s) Parade College
Height 192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 92 kg (203 lb)
Position(s) Ruck, Forward
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1954–1963 Fitzroy 127 (49)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1963.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Ronald Joseph Harvey (11 November 1935 – 25 October 1991) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the VFL. [1]

Family

The son of Joseph Henry Harvey (1897-1969), and Elizabeth Agnes Harvey (1903-1973), née Morris, Ronald Joseph Harvey, was born at Annandale, New South Wales, on 11 November 1935.

He married Patricia Anne Dillon (1938-) in 1957. They had four children. [2]

Fitzroy (VFL)

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 with Brian Gray, Verdun Howell, and Bob Skilton); [4] and he represented Victoria twice in his career.

1959 Night premiership

Main article: 1959 Night Series Cup

He was a member of Fitzroy's 1959 Night Premiership team. [5] [6] [7]

1963 Miracle Match

Main article: 1963 Miracle Match

On 6 July 1963, playing at centre half-forward, he was captain of the young and inexperienced Fitzroy team that comprehensively and unexpectedly defeated Geelong, 9.13 (67) to 3.13 (31) in the 1963 Miracle Match.

After Fitzroy

From 1964 to 1966 he played, as captain-coach, with the Wodonga Football Club in the Ovens & Murray Football League (OMFL), [8] [9] winning the Club's Best and Fairest Award in 1964.

In 1967 he was the captain-coach of the Coolamon Football Club in the Riverina's South West Football League (New South Wales) (SWDFL). [10] [11]

Death

He died at Ballarat, Victoria on 25 October 1991. [2]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ oldparadians.com.au.
  2. ^ a b Billion Graves.
  3. ^ Teams for League: Saturday: Fitzroy v. R'mond, The Age, (Friday, 11 June 1954), p.17.
  4. ^ Medal Voting, The Age, (Tuesday, 22 September 1959), p.24.
  5. ^ Fitzroy has Edge for Night Game, The Age, (Monday, 14 September 1959), p.22.
  6. ^ Night Football: Maroons should go on to Final, The Age, (Tuesday, 22 September 1959), p.24.
  7. ^ Fitzroy Favored in Night Final, The Age, (Monday, 28 September 1959), p.20.
  8. ^ Old Rivals Clash in Wangaratta's own "Premiership", The Age, (Friday, 6 May 1966), p.21.
  9. ^ Rovers Likely to End Albury's Run of Wins, The Age, (Friday, 27 May 1966), p.21.
  10. ^ Honour Board - 1st Grade Football, Coolamon Hoppers".
  11. ^ GVL Looks Winner of Title Match, The Age, (Friday, 23 June 1967), p.19.

References

"Known VFL/AFL senior footballers ex - Parade College in order of League debut , 1897 - 201 3" (PDF). Old Paradians Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2014.

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