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Robert Harvey

St Kilda · “Banger”

AFL career

383 games215 goals

Debut
R19 1988 v FSC6 Aug 1988
Most recent
PF 2008 v HAW20 Sept 2008

Coaching career

9 games2 wins7 losses0 draws

First
R15 2021 v FRE26 June 2021
Most recent
R23 2021 v ESS22 Aug 2021

Stats

2008
STK
24
12.1
9.0
21.1
5.4
0.8
0.4
1.7
0.3
0.2
79
87
2007
STK
19
12.2
8.5
20.6
5.5
0.5
0.2
1.9
0.2
0.2
79
83
2006
STK
23
13.0
7.7
20.7
6.3
1.0
0.6
3.2
0.8
0.6
91
-
2005
STK
17
12.2
9.4
21.6
5.3
0.9
0.4
2.3
0.8
0.4
85
-
2004
STK
23
13.1
8.6
21.7
4.3
0.5
0.4
1.7
0.5
0.3
79
-
2003
STK
22
16.4
10.0
26.4
5.2
0.8
0.5
2.7
0.5
0.5
98
-
2002
STK
10
12.2
7.2
19.4
2.8
0.9
0.3
1.4
0.4
0.4
68
-
2001
STK
9
15.0
9.4
24.4
4.0
0.9
1.1
2.2
1.0
1.2
90
-
2000
STK
16
15.4
12.1
27.4
4.6
0.8
1.1
1.3
0.3
0.4
89
-
1999
STK
17
17.6
11.0
28.6
3.5
1.0
0.7
0.9
0.6
0.6
92
-
1998
STK
24
20.9
9.8
30.6
3.1
0.8
0.5
1.5
0.5
0.6
101
-
1997
STK
25
18.1
12.1
30.2
3.6
0.9
0.8
1.1
0.7
0.8
97
-
1996
STK
21
14.3
14.1
28.4
3.3
1.5
1.2
1.2
0.6
0.6
88
-
1995
STK
17
13.8
12.8
26.5
2.8
1.2
1.1
1.3
0.6
0.5
83
-
1994
STK
18
14.6
11.8
26.3
2.3
1.3
0.7
1.7
0.3
0.3
83
-
1993
STK
17
15.6
9.9
25.5
3.4
1.1
0.8
1.7
0.5
0.6
86
-
1992
STK
24
16.7
12.0
28.7
3.8
1.0
0.6
1.1
0.4
0.3
92
-
1991
STK
23
13.5
12.8
26.3
2.9
1.0
0.9
1.0
0.7
0.7
82
-
1990
STK
18
13.9
10.7
24.6
2.6
0.7
0.9
0.8
0.7
0.9
77
-
1989
STK
12
11.3
10.1
21.4
3.5
0.7
0.8
0.9
1.1
0.8
74
-
1988
STK
4
10.3
3.8
14.0
1.8
1.3
1.5
0.8
0.8
1.3
49
-
League
Season
HAW
MCG
PF
9
10
19
6
1
0
0
2
0.0
74
94
COL
MCG
SF
13
9
22
5
0
0
0
1
0.0
76
90
GEE
MCG
QF
14
5
19
3
1
1
0
1
0.0
63
42
ESS
TD
R22
16
8
24
5
0
0
0
4
0.0
95
98
ADE
TD
R21
10
12
22
5
3
0
0
3
1.0
90
108
FRE
SUB
R20
9
11
20
7
0
2
0
2
1.0
78
96
COL
MCG
R19
17
11
28
3
3
0
0
3
0.0
97
108
PAD
TD
R18
13
6
19
3
1
0
0
1
1.0
71
81
WCE
SUB
R17
8
16
24
1
0
0
0
1
0.0
63
91
HAW
TD
R16
11
18
29
10
0
0
0
0
0.1
100
93
CAR
MCG
R15
9
10
19
5
1
1
0
2
1.0
74
99
NTH
GC
R14
9
11
20
6
1
1
0
2
0.0
73
85
FRE
TD
R13
21
10
31
12
1
1
0
2
0.0
125
116
SYD
SCG
R12
4
1
5
2
0
0
0
3
0.0
32
39
MEL
TD
R10
12
5
17
3
1
1
0
0
0.1
54
63
BRL
Gabba
R9
17
10
27
8
0
0
0
2
0.0
103
99
COL
TD
R8
16
8
24
3
1
0
0
1
1.0
84
111
RCH
TD
R7
19
7
26
12
0
0
0
0
2.0
119
141
PAD
AAMI
R6
12
10
22
5
3
0
0
2
0.0
82
73
ESS
TD
R5
18
11
29
6
0
0
0
3
0.0
106
110
GEE
TD
R4
4
5
9
2
1
1
0
0
0.0
26
48
WBD
TD
R3
7
11
18
5
1
0
0
1
0.0
63
61
CAR
TD
R2
9
6
15
4
0
0
0
2
0.1
60
68
SYD
TD
R1
14
5
19
8
1
2
0
2
0.1
80
77

Profile

Born
21 Aug 1971 (age 55y 61d)
Birthplace
Seaford, VIC
Height
181 cm
Weight
84 kg

Teams

Coaching

  • Collingwood (Senior Coach)
    2021
    9 games (W2 L7 D0), 22.2%

Honours

  • Brownlow Medal(2×) 1997, 1998
    2nd
    1995
    Top 10
    1992, 1993, 1996, 2003
  • Hall of Fame2012
  • All-Australian(8×) 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003
  • Leigh Matthews Trophy1997
  • St Kilda B&F(4×) 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998
    2nd
    2000, 2003
    3rd
    1996, 1999
    Top 10
    2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008
  • St Kilda captain(2×) 2001, 2002

Family

Bio

1 revision

Recruited from Seaford, Robert Harvey arrived at Moorabbin with strong sporting bloodlines as the grandson of former Test cricketer Merv Harvey. Making his senior debut in 1988 at just 16 years of age, he quickly transitioned from a talented schoolboy into the heartbeat of the St Kilda midfield. While the Saints experienced a turbulent era during his formative years, Harvey's development was linear and rapid, culminating in his ascent to the game's elite tier during the late 1990s. This period saw him claim back-to-back Brownlow Medals in 1997 and 1998, establishing him as the premier on-baller of the competition despite the club's heartbreaking loss in the 1997 Grand Final.

Harvey's playstyle was defined by an insatiable aerobic capacity and an uncanny ability to evade traffic. Lacking blistering sprint speed, he instead utilised a deceptive side-step to buy time in congestion and relied on "gut running" to grind taggers into the ground over four quarters. He became the prototype for the modern endurance midfielder, famously accumulating possessions through sheer work rate and finding space where none seemed to exist. Even as injuries threatened to derail his career in the early 2000s, Harvey meticulously managed his body, reinventing his preparation to remain an effective contributor well into his mid-30s.

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