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| originalteam = Preston RSL (Vic)/[[Northern Knights Football Club|Northern Knights]]
| draftpick = 47th overall, [[1995 AFL Draft|1995]]<br />{{AFL NorNM}}
| height = 175cm <ref> https://www.nmfc.com.au/news/712606/boomers-tall-story-hits-new-heights</ref>
| height = 175 cm
| weight = 75 kg
| position = [[Australian rules football positions |Small Forward]], [[Australian rules football positions |Midfielder]]
| statsend = 2016
| repstatsend = 2008
| years1 = 1996–2016
| club1 = {{AFL NorNM}}
| games_goals1 = 432 (518)
| sooyears1 = 1999, 2008
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| nationalgames_goals1 = 11 (12)
| careerhighlights = * [[List of North Melbourne Football Club captains|North Melbourne Captain]]: 2009–2011
* AFL premiership: [[1999 AFL Grand Final|1999]]
* 4x [[All-Australian team]]: 2000, 2005, 2007, 2008
* 5x [[Syd Barker Medal]]: 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010
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* [[E. J. Whitten Medal]]: 1999
* [[International Rules Series#Jim Stynes Meda|Jim Stynes Medal]]: 2003
* Captain of [[Australia_international_rules_football_team|Australia]]: [[2008_International_Rules_Series|2008]]
* [[AFL Hall Of Fame]]: 2022
* Most senior AFL games: 432
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'''Brent Harvey''' (born 14 May 1978), often known by his nickname "'''Boomer'''", is a former [[Australian rules football]]er who played for the [[North Melbourne Football Club]] in the [[Australian Football League]] (AFL). He holds the record for most matches played by an individual in VFL/AFL history, breaking [[Michael Tuck]]'s previous VFL/AFL record in 2016 with a total of 432 games played.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2016/19/nmfc-v-stk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405174822/http://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2016/19/nmfc-v-stk |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 April 2016 |title="Match report: 427th heaven as Roos win for Boomer's bash" |first=Nathan |last=Schmook |publisher="AFL.com.au |access-date=30 July 2016}}</ref>
==Career==
Drafted by the KangaroosNorth Melbourne Football Club in the third round of the [[1995 AFL Draft]], Harvey played in his only premiership side in [[1999, followingAFL Grand Final|1999]] after earning an [[E. J. Whitten Medal]] victoryfor being judged as the best player afield playing for[[Victoria Australian rules football team|Victoria]] in the [[Interstate matches in Australian rules football|State of Origin]] series; it was the last time this medal was awarded, as the State of Origin series was put on indefinite hiatus at the end of the year. He won the [[Syd Barker Medal]] in 2003, as well as the [[Jim Stynes Medal]] in the [[International rules]] series, captaining the Australian team in the [[2008 International Rules Series]].<ref>[http://news.smh.com.au/sport/brent-harvey-to-rule-roost-against-irish-20081016-51xt.html Brent Harvey to rule roost against Irish] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913102026/http://news.smh.com.au/sport/brent-harvey-to-rule-roost-against-irish-20081016-51xt.html |date=13 September 2012 }}</ref>
A highlight of his [[2003 AFL season|2003 season]] was against Carlton at the Telstra Dome in Round 22. Playing in his 150th game, Harvey kicked three goals in the Roos' record-breaking 124-point victory.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/08/31/1062268465868.html |title=Kangaroos wallop Blues |work=The Age|date=31 August 2003 |access-date=30 July 2016}}</ref>
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He was the only North Melbourne player to have played every game at [[Manuka Oval]] during North Melbourne's nine-year stint at the venue.
In [[2007 AFL season|2007]], Harvey polled 22 votes in the [[Brownlow Medal]], finishing equal second, and in [[2008 AFL season|2008]] Harvey polled 17 votes to finish in eighth place despite being one of the favourites to win the award in both years.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sportal.com.au/afl-news-display/boomer-new-brownlow-favourite-54306 |title=Sporting News – NFL – NCAA – NBA – MLB – NASCAR – UFC – WWE |work=sportal.com.au |access-date=30 July 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829031006/http://www.sportal.com.au/afl-news-display/boomer-new-brownlow-favourite-54306 |archive-date=29 August 2012}}</ref><ref>[http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,22470291-23211,00.html Bookies sweat on Harvey]</ref>
In 2010, the week after a career-low five-possession game against St Kilda, Harvey led North Melbourne to a 25-point win over [[West Coast Eagles]] with a career-best 44 disposals, along with 11 marks, six goal-scoring assists, and one goal. Harvey also almost kicked a candidate for goal of the year, taking seven bounces of the ball in a run from defence before hitting the post with his shot at goal.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/harveys-best-effort-caps-day-of-redemption-20100410-rzqv.html |title=Harvey's best effort caps day of redemption |first=Guy Hand and Justin |last=Chadwick |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=10 April 2010 |access-date=30 July 2016}}</ref> Incidentally, Harvey holds the record for most career bounces, with 1,055. He is the only player to have crossed the thousand-bounce threshold.<ref>{{Cite web|title=AFL Tables - Career Stats - Totals and Averages|url=https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players.html#t20|access-date=2021-09-30|website=afltables.com}}</ref> In 2011, playing his 312th game, he broke Glenn Archer's all-time club record for games played.▼
Harvey's grandfather [[Bill Harvey (Australian footballer)|Bill Harvey]] played two games for North Melbourne in 1948. His brother, [[Shane Harvey]], played 14 games for [[Essendon Football Club|Essendon]] and North Melbourne from 2002 to 2004.▼
▲In [[2010 AFL season|2010]], the week after a career-low five-possession game against St Kilda, Harvey led North Melbourne to a 25-point win over [[West Coast Eagles]] with a career-best 44 disposals, along with 11 marks, six goal-scoring assists, and one goal. Harvey also almost kicked a candidate for goal of the year, taking seven bounces of the ball in a run from defence before hitting the post with his shot at goal.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/harveys-best-effort-caps-day-of-redemption-20100410-rzqv.html |title=Harvey's best effort caps day of redemption |first=Guy Hand and Justin |last=Chadwick |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=10 April 2010 |access-date=30 July 2016}}</ref> Incidentally, Harvey holds the record for most career bounces, with 1,055. He is the only player to have crossed the thousand-bounce threshold.<ref>{{Cite web|title=AFL Tables - Career Stats - Totals and Averages|url=https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players.html#t20|access-date=2021-09-30|website=afltables.com}}</ref> In 2011, playing his 312th game, he broke Glenn Archer's all-time club record for games played.
▲Harvey's grandfather [[Bill Harvey (Australian footballer)|Bill Harvey]] played two games for North Melbourne in [[1948 VFL season|1948]]. His brother, [[Shane Harvey]], played 14 games for [[Essendon Football Club|Essendon]] and North Melbourne from [[2002 AFL season|2002]] to [[2004 AFL season|2004]].
==Late career==
In Round 17 of the [[2015 AFL season]], Harvey played his 400th career game, becoming the first North Melbourne player to do so and fourth overall. He kicked two goals in a performance that suggested his career was far from over.
In Round 19 of the [[2016 AFL season]], Harvey broke [[Michael Tuck]]'s record for most VFL/AFL matches by a player; the previous record was held by [[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]]'s [[Michael Tuck]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/north-melbourne/brent-harvey-will-wear-long-sleeves-in-honour-of-record-holder-michael-tuck/news-story/4d1cb52065581545a1ab76c054a023d1 |title=Brent Harvey will wear long sleeves in honour of record holder Michael Tuck |last=Timms |first=Daryl |date=28 July 2016 |work=[[Herald Sun]] |publisher=[[News Corp Australia]] |access-date=30 July 2016}}</ref> TheIn honour of Tuck's record, the Kangaroos wore the number 427 applied to the vertical royal -blue bars of their guernseys, and the number 50 on the 50-metre arc was replaced by 29, the number Harvey had worn for his entire AFL career. In August, North Melbourne announced they would not renew his contract for the [[2017 AFL season|2017 season]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/north-melbourne/north-melbourne-wont-offer-brent-harvey-drew-petrie-nick-dal-santo-michael-firrito-contracts-for-2017/news-story/c6b3998eab1cffc03b85233ecef2dd1a |title=North Melbourne won't offer Brent Harvey, Drew Petrie, Nick Dal Santo, Michael Firrito contracts for 2017 |date=24 August 2016 |work=[[Herald Sun]] |publisher=[[News Corp Australia]] |access-date=24 August 2016}}</ref>
On Friday 7 October 2016 at the 2016 Syd Barker Medal night, Brent Harvey announced his retirement from AFL football. He was the last -remaining VFL/AFL player born in the 1970s, and the last who had played in the 1990s.
In 2022, he was inducted into the [[AFL Hall Of Fame]] in his first year of eligibility.<ref>{{cite web |last1=John |first1=Nathan |title=Brent Harvey enters the Australian Football Hall of Fame |url=https://www.nmfc.com.au/news/1149393/brent-harvey-enters-the-australian-football-hall-of-fame |website=NMFC.com.au |publisher=North Melbourne Football Club |access-date=14 June 2022}}</ref> At the time of the announcement, he remainedwas the AFL/VFL all-time leader in games played, with 432,. withOnly onlyfive fourother othersplayers achievinghave achieved the feat of playing 400 AFL games: Tuck, Essendon's [[Dustin Fletcher]], [[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]]'s [[Kevin Bartlett (Australian rules footballer)|Kevin Bartlett]] and, [[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]] and Hawthorn's [[Shaun Burgoyne]], and Collingwood's [[Scott Pendlebury]].
In elite Australian rules football (the VFL/AFL, [[South Australian National Football League|SANFL]] and [[West Australian Football League|WAFL]]), Harvey is rankedone thirdof forseven mostplayers (Harvey and the other four VFL/AFL players being joined by [[Craig Bradley]] and Peter Carey) to have played 400 career premiership matches (home-and-away and finals matches), and is ranked third for most career premiership matches played behind [[Craig Bradley]] (464, including 89 SANFL matches for Port Adelaide) and Burgoyne (433, including 26 SANFL matches for Port Adelaide) as of 2022.
===Other matches===
Harvey also played two matches for [[Victoria Australian rules football team|Victoria]] in [[Representative matches in Australian rules football|State of Origin football,]] and 46 matches in pre-season/night series competition for North Melbourne (which are counted as senior in the SANFL and WAFL but not the VFL/AFL). IfHowever, if these are included, Harvey played a total of 480 career senior matches.
The AFL record Harvey's total as 445 career senior games, excluding his pre-season/night series matches but including 11 International Rules matches, which are counted as senior by the AFL. If his pre-season/night series matches are included here, Harvey played an overall total of 491 senior career matches.
Depending on the viewpoint taken, Harvey broke Tuck's elite Victorian football record in Round 16 of 2016 (using the AFL's total), in Round 10 of 2016 (excluding [[International Rules Series|International rules]] matches), or in the first pre-season round of 2016 (including International Rules matches).
As of 2022, Harvey's career total of 445 senior career matches (using the AFL's total) ranks fifth behind Bradley (501), [[Peter Carey (Australian rules footballer)|Peter Carey]] (467), [[Greg Phillips]] (447) and [[Russell Ebert]] (446), while if his pre-season/night series matches are included, Harvey's career total of 480 or 491 senior career matches (depending on whether or not his International Rules matches are excludedincluded) ranks second behind Bradley (519 or 528).▼
In 2023, Harvey broke his leg playing for [[North Heidelberg Football Club|North Heidelberg]].<ref> [https://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/afl-icon-brent-harvey-rushed-to-hospital-with-sickening-injury/news-story/3c9a6043be6e0cc4afb6d8b1cc5efb96?amp AFL icon Brent Harvey rushed to hospital with sickening injury]</ref>
▲As of 2022, Harvey's career total of 445 senior career matches (using the AFL's total) ranks fifth behind Bradley (501), Peter Carey (467), Greg Phillips (447) and Russell Ebert (446), while if his pre-season/night series matches are included, Harvey's career total of 480 or 491 senior matches (depending on whether or not his International Rules matches are excluded) ranks second behind Bradley (519 or 528).
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