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Ron Harvey (Australian rules footballer)

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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

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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)

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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

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

1963 Miracle Match

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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

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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

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

See also

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Notes

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References

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"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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