Robert Harvey (footballer)
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Robert Jeffrey Harvey is a former Australian rules football
player for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League
(AFL). He is formerly an assistant coach at the Carlton Football Club
, having recently quit this position to return to St Kilda as an assistant coach for the 2011 season.
As a player Harvey was recognised as one of the league's best midfielders of the modern era and listed by journalist Mike Sheahan
as one of the top 50 players of all time. He was known for his running ability and considered one of the best short passes of 15 to 30 metres in the history of the game. He holds St Kilda's record for most career games. At his retirement, at the end of the 2008 AFL season
, he had played the third-highest total career games in league history, a total of 383 games.
Harvey won numerous individual awards and medals during his career. He won consecutive Brownlow Medal
s, the league's highest individual honour, in 1997 and 1998. He won St Kilda's best and fairest award – now called the Trevor Barker Award
– in 1992, 1994, 1997 and 1998. He was selected in the All-Australian team eight times, with his first All-Australian award being in 1992 and his last in 2003. He won three E. J. Whitten Medals – awarded to the player judged best player on the ground for Victoria in State of Origin matches, the 1997 AFL Players Association Most Valuable Player Award (now known as the Leigh Matthews Trophy) and the Michael Tuck Medal for player judged best on ground in the 2004 pre-season cup final.
Harvey is the grandson of former Australian test cricketer Merv Harvey
and grandnephew of Neil Harvey
who was Australia's leading runscorer and century-maker behind Don Bradman. His younger brother, Anthony Harvey
, played four games for St Kilda in 1994 before captaining Norwood
to the 1997 SANFL premiership.
and played his first senior game for St Kilda on 6 August 1988 against Footscray at the Western Oval in Round 19 of the 1988 VFL season
.
Harvey played in the 1991 St Kilda team that qualified for the finals series
for the first time since 1973.
In 1992 he was selected to play State Of Origin
for Victoria
against South Australia
in 1992 and won the E. J. Whitten Medal
for best player on the ground. He was also a vital player in St Kilda team that qualified for that year's final series
and had the club's first finals' win since 1973. He won St Kilda's 1992 award for the best and fairest player (now called the Trevor Barker Award
) and was selected in the Australian Team for the first time.
In 1993 he was selected to play State Of Origin
for Victoria
against South Australia
and won the E.J. Whitten Medal for best player on the ground for the second time.
in Round 2. He also won his second St Kilda best and fairest award and was selected in the All-Australian Team for a second time.
In 1995 he was again selected in the All-Australian Team for a third selection.
Harvey played in St Kilda’s 1996 Ansett Australia Cup
winning side, the club's first pre-season cup win. He was selected to play State of Origin for Victoria against The Allies in 1996 and won a third E.J. Whitten Medal for best player on the ground.
He was also selected for the fourth time in the All-Australian Team.
.
St Kilda qualified for the 1997 AFL Grand Final
after qualifying and preliminary finals wins. He played in the 1997 AFL Grand Final in which St Kilda was defeated by 31 points.
Harvey gained 756 disposals in 1997 which, at the time, was the highest single-season tally on record – an average of 30 possessions per game. He was recognised for his excellent season with numerous awards. He again won St Kilda's best and fairest award and was also selected again in the 1997 All-Australian Team – his fifth All-Australian award. He also won the 1997 AFL Players Association Most Valuable Player Award (now the Leigh Matthews Trophy
) and the league's highest individual award the Brownlow Medal
.
Harvey played in the St Kilda Football Club side that again qualified for the 1998 Final Series. He played his 200th premiership season match against West Coast in Round 21 at Waverley Park
. St Kilda was eliminated from the 1998 Finals Series after two consecutive Final Series losses.
Harvey gained 501 kicks in 1998 which, at the time, was the highest single-season tally on record. He again won the league's highest individual award the Brownlow Medal
for the second consecutive season. He won the Trevor Barker Award for St Kilda's best and fairest player for a consecutive year – his fourth best and fairest award. He was also again selected in the year's All-Australian Team, his sixth All-Australian award.
Harvey was selected in the 1999 All-Australian Team – the 6th consecutive year he received an All-Australian selection and his 7th career All-Australian Award.
Harvey was Captain of the St Kilda Football Club during the 2001 and 2002 AFL Premiership Seasons. He was selected in the 2003 All-Australian Team his eighth All-Australian award. He was named in St Kilda's Team of the Century (1900–1999) in 2003.
final winning side – the club's second pre-season cup win. He was judged best player on the ground in the final and awarded the Michael Tuck Medal
.
St Kilda won a then club record 10 consecutive matches in the first 10 rounds of the 2004 AFL season
. The club went on to qualify for the finals inside the top four.
After a qualifying final loss and a semi-final win, Harvey played his 300th game and became the fourth player to play 300 games for St Kilda, in a preliminary final against Port Adelaide
. St Kilda were eliminated from the finals series after a six point loss.
In Round 7 against Geelong, in front of a near full house at Docklands Stadium, Harvey broke the all-time games record for St Kilda (until then held by Nathan Burke) when he played in his 324th premiership season match. To celebrate the Saints wore special guernseys with Harvey's silhouetted image in the centre.
Harvey reached his 350th game against West Coast
at Subiaco Oval
in Round 12 when the Saints defeated the reigning premiers by 23 points.
Harvey played in St Kilda’s 2008 NAB Cup
final winning side – the club's third pre-season cup win.
.
St Kilda qualified for the 2008 finals series inside the top four for the third time in five years. After a qualifying final loss and a semi-final win, Harvey lined up for St Kilda in what turned out to be his final game in the AFL on 20 September 2008 in a preliminary final against Hawthorn
at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
which Hawthorn won by 54 points, 18.10 (118) to 9.10 (64). Harvey was chaired off the ground by teammates Lenny Hayes
and Max Hudghton
to a respectful ovation, while players and officials from both sides formed a guard of honour. After the game a tribute to his long career was played on the big screen.
Harvey ended his career having played 383 games at the top level over 21 seasons, from the age of 16 until he was 37. It stands as the longest senior career by seasons in VFL/AFL history. The only players to have played over 400 games in the VFL/AFL, Michael Tuck
and Kevin Bartlett, both expressed their disappointment at what they both thought was a premature retirement and believed Harvey could have followed in their footsteps and reached the 400 game milestone.
Harvey received 215 Brownlow Medal votes during his career, the second most of any player in league history. He was also the only player in league history to have received Brownlow Medal votes in more than 100 games.
He holds the record for most games played without winning a premiership but did participate in 17 finals series matches, including one grand final.
from 2009. On 2 November 2009 he was promoted from development coach to midfield coach at Carlton and served as a more direct assistant coach under Brett Ratten
.
It was formally announced by the Carlton and St Kilda Football Clubs, on 13 September 2010, that Harvey had accepted an offer to return to St Kilda as an assistant coach, beginning with the 2011 pre-season. Harvey will coach the St Kilda midfield.
Following Ross Lyon
's departure from the Saints in mid-September 2011, Harvey assumed the role as caretaker head coach whilst the search for a new senior coach commences at St Kilda.
On being overlooked for St Kilda's senior coaching role Harvey was released fom his assistant coaching obligations with St Kilda.
Harvey joined the Collingwood Football Club
in October 2011 as Midfield Coach, under Nathan Buckley
.
's "Living With Footballers" before it was cancelled at the end of 2004. They have three children; a son, Connor, and two daughters, Remi and Alyssa.
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
player for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
(AFL). He is formerly an assistant coach at the Carlton Football Club
Carlton Football Club
The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...
, having recently quit this position to return to St Kilda as an assistant coach for the 2011 season.
As a player Harvey was recognised as one of the league's best midfielders of the modern era and listed by journalist Mike Sheahan
Mike Sheahan
Michael "Mike" Sheahan is an Australian journalist who specialises in Australian rules football. He is Chief Football Writer and Associate Sports Editor for the Herald Sun, a panelist on the Fox Sports program "On the Couch" and former Media Director for the VFL .Sheahan attended Werribee High...
as one of the top 50 players of all time. He was known for his running ability and considered one of the best short passes of 15 to 30 metres in the history of the game. He holds St Kilda's record for most career games. At his retirement, at the end of the 2008 AFL season
2008 AFL season
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, he had played the third-highest total career games in league history, a total of 383 games.
Harvey won numerous individual awards and medals during his career. He won consecutive Brownlow Medal
Brownlow Medal
The Chas Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal , is awarded to the "fairest and best" player in the Australian Football League during the regular season as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game...
s, the league's highest individual honour, in 1997 and 1998. He won St Kilda's best and fairest award – now called the Trevor Barker Award
Trevor Barker Award
The Trevor Barker Award is an Australian rules football award for the player voted the St Kilda Football Club Club Champion during the home and away season in the Australian Football League by a voting panel....
– in 1992, 1994, 1997 and 1998. He was selected in the All-Australian team eight times, with his first All-Australian award being in 1992 and his last in 2003. He won three E. J. Whitten Medals – awarded to the player judged best player on the ground for Victoria in State of Origin matches, the 1997 AFL Players Association Most Valuable Player Award (now known as the Leigh Matthews Trophy) and the Michael Tuck Medal for player judged best on ground in the 2004 pre-season cup final.
Harvey is the grandson of former Australian test cricketer Merv Harvey
Merv Harvey
Mervyn Roye Harvey was a cricketer who played in one Test match for Australia in 1947. His younger brother, Neil, was one of Australia's finest batsmen since the Second World War, and the pair played together for Victoria during the latter part of Merv’s career.Merv Harvey broke into the Victorian...
and grandnephew of Neil Harvey
Neil Harvey
Robert Neil Harvey MBE is a former Australian cricketer who represented the Australian cricket team between 1948 and 1963, playing in 79 Test matches. He was the vice-captain of the team from 1957 until his retirement...
who was Australia's leading runscorer and century-maker behind Don Bradman. His younger brother, Anthony Harvey
Anthony Harvey (footballer)
Anthony Harvey is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Australian Football League and Norwood in the South Australian National Football League ....
, played four games for St Kilda in 1994 before captaining Norwood
Norwood Football Club
Norwood Football Club, nicknamed, Redlegs, is an Australian rules football club belonging to the South Australian National Football League in the state of South Australia...
to the 1997 SANFL premiership.
Early career: 1988–1993
Harvey was recruited from St Kilda's then VCFL zone, from SeafordSeaford
-In the United States of America:*Seaford, Delaware*Seaford, New York*Seaford, Virginia*Seaford Hundred, an unincorporated subdivision of Sussex County, Delaware; see List of Delaware Hundreds-In Australia:*Seaford, Victoria**Seaford railway station, Melbourne...
and played his first senior game for St Kilda on 6 August 1988 against Footscray at the Western Oval in Round 19 of the 1988 VFL season
1988 VFL season
The 92nd Victorian Football League Premiership Season commenced in April 1988 and concluded on 24 September 1988, with Hawthorn winning their seventh Premiership in their sixth consecutive Grand Final appearance.-Night Series:...
.
Harvey played in the 1991 St Kilda team that qualified for the finals series
1991 AFL season
Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 1991.See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.-National Cup:...
for the first time since 1973.
In 1992 he was selected to play State Of Origin
Interstate matches in Australian rules football
Australian rules football matches between teams representing Australian colonies/states and territories have been held since 1879. For most of the 20th century, the absence of a national club competition and international matches meant that football games between state representative teams were...
for Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
against South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
in 1992 and won the E. J. Whitten Medal
E. J. Whitten Medal
The E.J. Whitten Medal is awarded to the best Victorian player in a VFL/AFL State of Origin football match. The award is named after the late and great Ted Whitten, also known as Mr. Football, who played for and coached Footscray and known for his role in Victorian football...
for best player on the ground. He was also a vital player in St Kilda team that qualified for that year's final series
1992 AFL season
Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 1992. The AFL Grand Final this year was won by the West Coast Eagles, who became the first non-Victorian club to win a Premiership.-Ladder:...
and had the club's first finals' win since 1973. He won St Kilda's 1992 award for the best and fairest player (now called the Trevor Barker Award
Trevor Barker Award
The Trevor Barker Award is an Australian rules football award for the player voted the St Kilda Football Club Club Champion during the home and away season in the Australian Football League by a voting panel....
) and was selected in the Australian Team for the first time.
In 1993 he was selected to play State Of Origin
Interstate matches in Australian rules football
Australian rules football matches between teams representing Australian colonies/states and territories have been held since 1879. For most of the 20th century, the absence of a national club competition and international matches meant that football games between state representative teams were...
for Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
against South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
and won the E.J. Whitten Medal for best player on the ground for the second time.
Rising career: 1994–1996
In 1994 he played his 100th premiership season match against North MelbourneNorth Melbourne Football Club
The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world...
in Round 2. He also won his second St Kilda best and fairest award and was selected in the All-Australian Team for a second time.
In 1995 he was again selected in the All-Australian Team for a third selection.
Harvey played in St Kilda’s 1996 Ansett Australia Cup
1996 Ansett Australia Cup
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winning side, the club's first pre-season cup win. He was selected to play State of Origin for Victoria against The Allies in 1996 and won a third E.J. Whitten Medal for best player on the ground.
He was also selected for the fourth time in the All-Australian Team.
Brownlow Medals and captain: 1997–2003
Harvey played in 22 of 22 matches in the 1997 AFL Premiership Season home and away rounds in which St Kilda Football Club qualified in first position for the 1997 AFL Finals Series, winning the club’s second Minor Premiership and first McClelland Trophy1997 AFL season
Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 1997.The Port Adelaide Power joined the competition.The Brisbane Lions also joined the competition after the merger of the and ....
.
St Kilda qualified for the 1997 AFL Grand Final
1997 AFL Grand Final
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after qualifying and preliminary finals wins. He played in the 1997 AFL Grand Final in which St Kilda was defeated by 31 points.
Harvey gained 756 disposals in 1997 which, at the time, was the highest single-season tally on record – an average of 30 possessions per game. He was recognised for his excellent season with numerous awards. He again won St Kilda's best and fairest award and was also selected again in the 1997 All-Australian Team – his fifth All-Australian award. He also won the 1997 AFL Players Association Most Valuable Player Award (now the Leigh Matthews Trophy
Leigh Matthews Trophy
The Leigh Matthews Trophy is an annual award given by the AFL Players Association to the Most Valuable Player in the Australian Football League. It is named in honour of Leigh Matthews, who won the first MVP award in 1982, when the league was still known as the Victorian Football League...
) and the league's highest individual award the Brownlow Medal
Brownlow Medal
The Chas Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal , is awarded to the "fairest and best" player in the Australian Football League during the regular season as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game...
.
Harvey played in the St Kilda Football Club side that again qualified for the 1998 Final Series. He played his 200th premiership season match against West Coast in Round 21 at Waverley Park
Waverley Park
Waverley Park was an Australian rules football stadium in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia. For most of its history, its purpose was as a neutral venue and used by all Victorian based Victorian Football League/Australian Football League clubs. However, during the 1990s it became the home ground of...
. St Kilda was eliminated from the 1998 Finals Series after two consecutive Final Series losses.
Harvey gained 501 kicks in 1998 which, at the time, was the highest single-season tally on record. He again won the league's highest individual award the Brownlow Medal
Brownlow Medal
The Chas Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal , is awarded to the "fairest and best" player in the Australian Football League during the regular season as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game...
for the second consecutive season. He won the Trevor Barker Award for St Kilda's best and fairest player for a consecutive year – his fourth best and fairest award. He was also again selected in the year's All-Australian Team, his sixth All-Australian award.
Harvey was selected in the 1999 All-Australian Team – the 6th consecutive year he received an All-Australian selection and his 7th career All-Australian Award.
Harvey was Captain of the St Kilda Football Club during the 2001 and 2002 AFL Premiership Seasons. He was selected in the 2003 All-Australian Team his eighth All-Australian award. He was named in St Kilda's Team of the Century (1900–1999) in 2003.
Later career and records: 2004–2007
Harvey played in St Kilda’s 2004 Wizard Home Loans Cup2004 Wizard Home Loans Cup
The 2004 Wizard Home Loans Cup was the Australian Football League competition played in its entirety before the Australian Football League's 2004 Premiership Season began...
final winning side – the club's second pre-season cup win. He was judged best player on the ground in the final and awarded the Michael Tuck Medal
Michael Tuck Medal
Since 1992, the Michael Tuck Medal has been awarded to the best-and-fairest player in the AFL Pre-season Cup Final. It is named after Michael Tuck, the current AFL games record holder who played 426 senior matches for the Hawthorn Hawks between 1972 and 1991....
.
St Kilda won a then club record 10 consecutive matches in the first 10 rounds of the 2004 AFL season
2004 AFL season
Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 2004.See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.-Wizard Home Loans Cup:The Wizard Home Loans Cup Final saw St...
. The club went on to qualify for the finals inside the top four.
After a qualifying final loss and a semi-final win, Harvey played his 300th game and became the fourth player to play 300 games for St Kilda, in a preliminary final against Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide Football Club
The Port Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Alberton, South Australia, which plays in the Australian Football League and the South Australian National Football League...
. St Kilda were eliminated from the finals series after a six point loss.
In Round 7 against Geelong, in front of a near full house at Docklands Stadium, Harvey broke the all-time games record for St Kilda (until then held by Nathan Burke) when he played in his 324th premiership season match. To celebrate the Saints wore special guernseys with Harvey's silhouetted image in the centre.
Harvey reached his 350th game against West Coast
West Coast Eagles
The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval...
at Subiaco Oval
Subiaco Oval
Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...
in Round 12 when the Saints defeated the reigning premiers by 23 points.
Harvey played in St Kilda’s 2008 NAB Cup
2008 NAB Cup
The 2008 NAB Cup was the Australian Football League pre-season competition played in its entirety before the Australian Football League's 2008 Premiership season began...
final winning side – the club's third pre-season cup win.
21st season and retirement: 2008
In 2008 Harvey became the only player to ever play in 21 consecutive VFL/AFL seasons. At 37 years of age he played in 24 of St Kilda's 25 premiership season matches – including three finals, averaging 21 disposals per game. He had 31 disposals in another best on ground performance in St Kilda's Round 13 win against FremantleFremantle Football Club
The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed The Dockers, is an Australian rules football team which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in the port city of Fremantle at the mouth of the Swan River in Western Australia...
.
St Kilda qualified for the 2008 finals series inside the top four for the third time in five years. After a qualifying final loss and a semi-final win, Harvey lined up for St Kilda in what turned out to be his final game in the AFL on 20 September 2008 in a preliminary final against Hawthorn
Hawthorn Football Club
The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...
at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
Melbourne Cricket Ground
The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light...
which Hawthorn won by 54 points, 18.10 (118) to 9.10 (64). Harvey was chaired off the ground by teammates Lenny Hayes
Lenny Hayes
Lenny Hayes is a professional Australian rules footballer playing with St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League.Hayes is a former captain of St Kilda and continues to be an onfield leader in the Saints' midfield....
and Max Hudghton
Max Hudghton
Max Kenneth Hudghton is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League....
to a respectful ovation, while players and officials from both sides formed a guard of honour. After the game a tribute to his long career was played on the big screen.
Harvey ended his career having played 383 games at the top level over 21 seasons, from the age of 16 until he was 37. It stands as the longest senior career by seasons in VFL/AFL history. The only players to have played over 400 games in the VFL/AFL, Michael Tuck
Michael Tuck
Michael Tuck is a seven time premiership winning player, Australian rules footballer with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Football League / Australian Football League , where he is the games record holder....
and Kevin Bartlett, both expressed their disappointment at what they both thought was a premature retirement and believed Harvey could have followed in their footsteps and reached the 400 game milestone.
Harvey received 215 Brownlow Medal votes during his career, the second most of any player in league history. He was also the only player in league history to have received Brownlow Medal votes in more than 100 games.
He holds the record for most games played without winning a premiership but did participate in 17 finals series matches, including one grand final.
Coaching
On 10 October 2008 it was announced that Harvey was being appointed as a development and fitness coach at the Carlton Football ClubCarlton Football Club
The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...
from 2009. On 2 November 2009 he was promoted from development coach to midfield coach at Carlton and served as a more direct assistant coach under Brett Ratten
Brett Ratten
Brett "Ratts" Ratten is a former Australian rules footballer and the current coach of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League....
.
It was formally announced by the Carlton and St Kilda Football Clubs, on 13 September 2010, that Harvey had accepted an offer to return to St Kilda as an assistant coach, beginning with the 2011 pre-season. Harvey will coach the St Kilda midfield.
Following Ross Lyon
Ross Lyon
Ross Lyon is a former Australian rules football player for Fitzroy and the Brisbane Bears. He is the current senior coach of the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League .-Playing career:...
's departure from the Saints in mid-September 2011, Harvey assumed the role as caretaker head coach whilst the search for a new senior coach commences at St Kilda.
On being overlooked for St Kilda's senior coaching role Harvey was released fom his assistant coaching obligations with St Kilda.
Harvey joined the Collingwood Football Club
Collingwood Football Club
The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
in October 2011 as Midfield Coach, under Nathan Buckley
Nathan Buckley
Nathan Charles Buckley is a former professional Australian rules football player, commentator and coach, best known for his time as captain of the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
.
Personal life
Harvey is married to Danielle Harvey, who appeared on Fox FootyFox Footy
Fox Footy is an upcoming Australian Rules football subscription television channel dedicated to screening Australian rules football matches and related programming. It will be owned by Premier Media Group, operated out of their Melbourne based studios and available on Foxtel, Austar and Optus...
's "Living With Footballers" before it was cancelled at the end of 2004. They have three children; a son, Connor, and two daughters, Remi and Alyssa.