Ray Harvey (footballer)

Ray Harvey
Ray Harvey
Personal information
Date of birth	28 July 1929
Place of birth	Prahran
Date of death	17 September 2003 (aged 74)
Place of death	Taunton Avenue
Height	5.4
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Position(s)	Rover
Playing career1
Years	Club
1949	Melbourne
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1949.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Ray Harvey (28 July 1929 – 17 September 2003)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[2]

Harvey won the best and fairest award in the Melbourne thirds (junior) team in 1948.^[3] He only played two games in 1949, kicking two goals in his debut match,^[4] before requesting a transfer to Prahran Football Club in the Victorian Football Association.^[5]

Harvey played his first 142 games consecutively and won four Prahran best and fairest awards.

In 2003, he was selected in Prahran's Team of the Century.

Notes

^ "Ray Harvey – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 353. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
^ "MELBOURNE TRIES TWO NEW MEN". The Argus. Melbourne. 12 August 1949. p. 14. Retrieved 15 October 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "GOSSIP FROM VFL CLUBS Carlton Almost Missed Bus". The Argus. Melbourne. 15 August 1949. p. 13. Retrieved 15 October 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Preston wants "Tiger" player". The Argus. Melbourne. 12 April 1950. p. 26. Retrieved 15 October 2014 – via National Library of Australia.