Brent Harvey

Brent Harvey
Personal information
Full name Brent Harvey
Nickname(s) Boomer, The Little Champion, Boom Boom
Date of birth (1978-05-14) 14 May 1978
Place of birth Preston, Victoria, Australia
Original team(s) Preston RSL Junior Football Club/Northern Knights
Draft 47th overall, 1995
North Melbourne
Height / weight 167 cm, 77 kg[1]
Position(s) Midfielder / Small Forward
Club information
Current club North Melbourne
Number 29
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
19962016 North Melbourne 432 (518)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
1999, 2009 Victoria 2 (8)
International team honours
2000–2008 Australia 11 (12)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2016.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2008.
Career highlights

Brent Harvey (born 14 May 1978), often known by his nickname "Boomer", is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He holds the record for most matches played by an individual in AFL history, breaking Michael Tuck's previous record in 2016.[2]

Drafted by the Kangaroos in the third round of the 1995 AFL Draft, Harvey played in his only premiership side in 1999, following an E. J. Whitten Medal victory playing for Victoria in the State of Origin series. He won the Syd Barker Medal in 2003, as well as the Jim Stynes Medal in the International rules series, captaining the Australian team in the 2008 International Rules Series.[3]

A highlight of his 2003 season was against Carlton at the Telstra Dome in Round 22. Playing in his 150th game, Harvey kicked three goals in the Roos' record-breaking 124-point victory.[4]

He was the only North Melbourne player to have played every game at Manuka Oval during North Melbourne's nine-year stint at the venue.

In 2007 Harvey polled 22 votes in the Brownlow Medal, finishing equal second and in 2008 Harvey polled 17 votes to finish in eighth place despite being one of the favourites to win the award in both years.[5][6]

In 2010, the week after a career-low five possession game against St Kilda, Harvey led North Melbourne to a 25-point win over West Coast Eagles with a career-best 44 disposals, along with 11 marks, six goal scoring assists and one goal. Harvey also almost kicked a candidate for goal of the year, taking seven bounces of the ball in a run from defence before hitting the post with his shot at goal.[7] In 2011, playing his 312th game, he broke Glenn Archer's all-time club record for games played.

Harvey's grandfather, Bill Harvey, played two games for North Melbourne in 1948. His brother, Shane Harvey, played 14 games for Essendon and North Melbourne from 2002 to 2004.

In Round 17 of the 2015 AFL season, Harvey played his 400th career game, becoming the first North Melbourne player to do so and fourth overall. He kicked two goals in a performance that suggested his career was far from over.

In Round 19 of the 2016 AFL season, Harvey broke the all-time record for most AFL matches by a player; the previous record was held by Michael Tuck.[8] The Kangaroos wore the number 427 applied to the vertical royal blue bars of their guernseys, and the number 50 on the 50-metre arc was replaced by 29, the number Harvey has worn for his entire AFL career. In August, North Melbourne announced they would not renew his contract for the 2017 season.[9]

On Friday October 7th 2016 at the 2016 Syd Barker Medal night Brent Harvey announced his retirement from AFL football, choosing not to wear another clubs jersey although his form could allow him to do so.

Statistics

[10]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
Season Team # Games G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
Totals Averages (per game)
1996 North Melbourne 29 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0
1997 North Melbourne 29 17 10 8 105 54 159 26 9 0.6 0.5 6.2 3.2 9.4 1.5 0.5
1998 North Melbourne 29 23 32 20 209 89 298 44 31 1.4 0.9 9.1 3.9 13.0 1.9 1.3
1999 Kangaroos 29 23 24 14 273 112 385 66 28 1.0 0.6 11.9 4.9 16.7 2.9 1.2
2000 Kangaroos 29 25 35 32 375 160 535 107 50 1.4 1.3 15.0 6.4 21.4 4.3 2.0
2001 Kangaroos 29 20 17 19 338 172 510 75 29 0.9 1.0 16.9 8.6 25.5 3.8 1.5
2002 Kangaroos 29 20 30 12 296 133 429 65 45 1.5 0.6 14.8 6.7 21.5 3.3 2.3
2003 Kangaroos 29 21 28 20 314 137 451 94 38 1.3 1.0 15.0 6.5 21.5 4.5 1.8
2004 Kangaroos 29 21 30 13 218 117 335 71 37 1.4 0.6 10.4 5.6 16.0 3.4 1.8
2005 Kangaroos 29 23 23 17 325 188 513 108 49 1.0 0.7 14.1 8.2 22.3 4.7 2.1
2006 Kangaroos 29 22 17 11 335 195 530 121 46 0.8 0.5 15.2 8.9 24.1 5.5 2.1
2007 Kangaroos 29 25 36 17 351 243 594 116 53 1.4 0.7 14.0 9.7 23.8 4.6 2.1
2008 North Melbourne 29 23 25 19 339 230 569 110 54 1.1 0.8 14.7 10.0 24.7 4.8 2.3
2009 North Melbourne 29 15 12 8 193 142 335 62 31 0.8 0.5 12.9 9.5 22.3 4.1 2.1
2010 North Melbourne 29 22 25 22 313 234 547 92 63 1.1 1.0 14.2 10.6 24.9 4.2 2.9
2011 North Melbourne 29 22 31 25 304 188 492 80 59 1.4 1.1 13.8 8.5 22.4 3.6 2.7
2012 North Melbourne 29 23 35 9 285 235 520 99 47 1.5 0.4 12.4 10.2 22.6 4.3 2.0
2013 North Melbourne 29 16 19 9 210 175 385 75 43 1.2 0.6 13.1 10.9 24.1 4.7 2.7
2014 North Melbourne 29 22 29 20 310 249 559 106 66 1.3 0.9 14.1 11.3 25.4 4.8 3.0
2015 North Melbourne 29 25 24 15 304 266 570 74 53 1.0 0.6 12.2 10.6 22.8 3.0 2.1
2016 North Melbourne 29 23 36 24 290 206 496 98 56 1.6 0.7 12.6 9.0 21.6 4.3 2.4
Career 432 518 334 5687 3526 9213 1689 887 1.2 0.7 13.1 8.1 21.3 3.9 2.0

Honours and achievements

Brownlow Medal votes
Season Votes
1996
1997
1998 4
1999 6
2000 14
2001 16
2002 10
2003 16
2004 3
2005 11
2006 6
2007 22
2008 17
2009 9
2010 13
2011 8
2012 4
2013 9
2014 15
2015 4
Total 187
Key:
Green / Bold = Won

See also

References

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