Michael Garvey (Australian footballer)

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Michael Garvey
Personal information
Full name Michael Garvey
Nickname(s) Mick
Date of birth (1965-10-16) 16 October 1965 (age 57)
Original team(s) Corowa Rutherglen, Wodonga
Height 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 84 kg (185 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1988–1989 Carlton 3 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1989.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Michael "Mick" Garvey (born 16 October 1965) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]

Garvey was best on ground in Corowa Rutherglen's senior's 1984 Coreen & District Football League's premiership, [2] before playing three seasons of Ovens & Murray football with Wodonga prior to playing with Carlton.

Garvey was selected by Geelong in the 1990 VFL Pre-season draft but failed to play a senior game with the Cats. Garvey played in Wodonga's 1990 [3] and 1992 Ovens & Murray premierships and enjoyed a fine career their for many more years, playing 161 games.

Garvey later played in the Tallangatta & District Football League and won Barnawartha's best and fairest award in 1996. [4]

Notes

  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 293. ISBN   978-1-921496-00-4.
  2. "2004 - Coreen & DFL Grand Final Record" (PDF). NSW Football History. Coreen & DFL. 11 September 2004. p. 18. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  3. Jeff Gieschen. "1990 O&MFNL Premiership". Wodonga FNC - Facebook. Wodonga FC. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  4. "Barnawartha FNC Awards". Barnawartha FNC. Retrieved 1 January 2022.


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