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Line 13: | death_date = | death_place = | originalteam = Preston RSL (Vic)/[[Northern Knights Football Club|Northern Knights]] | draftpick = 47th overall, [[1995 AFL Draft|1995]]<br />{{AFL | height = 175cm <ref> https://www.nmfc.com.au/news/712606/boomers-tall-story-hits-new-heights</ref>
| weight = 75 kg | position = [[Australian rules football positions |Forward]], [[Australian rules football positions |Midfielder]] Line 21: | repstatsend = 2008 | years1 = 1996–2016 | club1 = {{AFL | games_goals1 = 432 (518) | sooyears1 = 1999, 2008 Line 30: | 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 Line 38: * [[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 Line 45: }} '''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== Line 62: 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.<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> In 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 was the AFL/VFL all-time leader in games played, with 432. Only In elite Australian rules football (the VFL/AFL, [[South Australian National Football League|SANFL]] and [[West Australian Football League|WAFL]]), Harvey is one of seven players (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 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 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. Line 79: As of 2022, Harvey's 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 total of 480 or 491 senior career matches (depending on whether or not his International Rules matches are included) 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> ==Statistics== Line 329: [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:North Melbourne Football Club players]] [[Category:North Melbourne Football Club [[Category:Syd Barker Medal winners]] [[Category:All-Australians (AFL)]] Line 337: [[Category:E. J. Whitten Medal winners]] [[Category:Australia international rules football team players]] [[Category: [[Category:People from Preston, Victoria]] [[Category:Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees]] | |||