Ray Harvey (footballer)

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]

Ray Harvey
Personal information
Date of birth (1929-07-28)28 July 1929
Place of birth Prahran
Date of death 17 September 2003(2003-09-17) (aged 74)
Place of death Taunton Avenue
Height 5.4
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)
Position(s) Rover
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1949 Melbourne 2 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1949.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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]

Notes
  1. "Ray Harvey – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  2. 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.
  3. "MELBOURNE TRIES TWO NEW MEN". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 12 August 1949. p. 14. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  4. "GOSSIP FROM VFL CLUBS Carlton Almost Missed Bus". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 15 August 1949. p. 13. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  5. "Preston wants "Tiger" player". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 12 April 1950. p. 26. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
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