Harvey will play on - Officially confirmed

bangerisking · Wed 19 Sep 2007 9:42pm

I think that will now make him as the longest serving player in terms of years in history. I dont think anyone has played 21 seasons ever.

saintbrat · Post: # 459969Post **saintbrat** » Wed 19 Sep 2007 9:44pm

so apart from coaches he would be the VFL/AFL's first 21 yr old
and have the first Player 21st party- all year long

Munga · Post: # 459971Post **Munga** » Wed 19 Sep 2007 9:57pm

Will break the record for most seasons played.
Awesome, awesome achievement. Just shows how great the man is, he was WAY ahead of his time and can still keep up.

SaintBot · Post: # 459972Post **SaintBot** » Wed 19 Sep 2007 9:58pm

for history sakes...can someone make a season leaderboard of say the top 10 or 20 in terms of how many seasons theyve played

saintbrat · Post: # 459983Post **saintbrat** » Wed 19 Sep 2007 10:20pm

Most career games
Qualification:350 games

For a larger list see List of AFL players to have played 300 games.
Rank Games Player Club/Clubs Career span
1 426 Michael Tuck Hawthorn 1972-1991 20 years
2 403 Kevin Bartlett Richmond 1965-1983 19 years
3 378 Simon Madden Essendon 1974-1992 19 years
4 375 Craig Bradley Carlton 1986-2002 17 years
5 366 Bernie Quinlan Footscray/Fitzroy 1969-1986 18 years
6 359 John Blakey Fitzroy/North Melbourne 1985-2002 18 years
7 358 Robert Harvey St Kilda 1988-present 2008 21st year
8 356 Bruce Doull Carlton 1969-1986 18 years
8 356 Paul Roos Fitzroy/Sydney 1982-1998 17 years
10 350 Doug Hawkins Footscray/Fitzroy 1978-1995 18 years

thats players over 350 games- few with less games would ahve played as long?

but you can imagine how many games Harves would have played had he not missed many due to injury.

list of players playing ovcer 200 games- and of those really only those playing over 3-- anywhere close to 20 seasons,
Max- 200 games in 11yrs
http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/alltime/highs.html

oops just as well I dont teach maths- correct chook forgot to add the original year.

stairwaytoheaven · Wed 19 Sep 2007 10:21pm

That's terrific news, i just wonder whether having the rival ticket as favorites to spill the board has persuaded him to go on.
I can't wait till we get our framed photo of him.
Hopefully other players will follow suit and re-sign.

SaintBot · Post: # 459991Post **SaintBot** » Wed 19 Sep 2007 10:30pm

thanks for that brat...has anybody else reached 20 seasons?

plugger66 · Post: # 459992Post **plugger66** » Wed 19 Sep 2007 10:31pm

stairwaytoheaven wrote:That's terrific news, i just wonder whether having the rival ticket as favorites to spill the board has persuaded him to go on.
I can't wait till we get our framed photo of him.
Hopefully other players will follow suit and re-sign.

I can honestly say the players dont give a stuff about these board challengers.

chook23 · Post: # 459994Post **chook23** » Wed 19 Sep 2007 10:32pm

Tuck should read 20 years
Bartlett 19
Madden 19
Bradley 17

by the looks add 1 year to each
?

Cam1lla · Post: # 460000Post **Cam1lla** » Wed 19 Sep 2007 10:43pm

great we still have a chance of winning

iwantmeseats · Wed 19 Sep 2007 10:46pm

Cam1lla wrote:great we still have a chance of winning

Yeah, winnig it for HIM !!!!! God , no one, BAR NO ONE, deserves a flag more than him. We MUST move heaven and earth to make it happen.

Cam1lla · Post: # 460004Post **Cam1lla** » Wed 19 Sep 2007 10:52pm

iwantmeseats wrote:
Cam1lla wrote:great we still have a chance of winning
Yeah, winnig it for HIM !!!!! God , no one, BAR NO ONE, deserves a flag more than him. We MUST move heaven and earth to make it happen.

lets all get OPTIMISTIC
WE WILL WIN THE AFL 08!!

The_Dud · Post: # 460009Post **The_Dud** » Wed 19 Sep 2007 10:59pm

F*CK YEAH!

*BaLLy iS BeST* · Thu 20 Sep 2007 12:25am

i just came on here to have a quick look before heading to bed..and saw this!

OMG....SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW

has made my day for sure
knew you could go one more year banger...ur a legend

SaintWodonga · Thu 20 Sep 2007 12:52am

excellent...

I hope he also says that 2008 will be his last year... Will give us time to adjust.

St. Luke · Post: # 460069Post **St. Luke** » Thu 20 Sep 2007 1:21am

Absolutely Brilliant!!! Onya HARVS!! Can we stick the icing on the cake for the legend in 08??? I bloody hope so!

HarveysDeciple · Thu 20 Sep 2007 1:22am

I am over the moon.

Was a very flat afternoon and evening as I considered that he might be gone.
Got out of the movies to a text message confirming he was going on.

Ecstatic!!

skeptic · Post: # 460076Post **skeptic** » Thu 20 Sep 2007 2:06am

He'd be looking to push 400 games if he hadn't lost those 3 years to knee, shoulder and elbow recos from 99-01 I think... says it all

Gabba · Post: # 460107Post **Gabba** » Thu 20 Sep 2007 9:30am

Oh When the Saints wrote:379 if he plays 20 matches next year ... that puts him 3rd on the all-time games list.

Should have the most Brownlow votes of all time when he finishes too.

Only problem is Gary Dempsey having won the brownlow during one of the two years the umpires each gave separate votes he got something like 58 or 62. So the other year (either preceding or following) he would've also scored a few one can assume. So technically he isn't really that deserving considering, but no doubt he was a good player.

Mr Magic · Post: # 460109Post **Mr Magic** » Thu 20 Sep 2007 9:33am

Gabba wrote:
Oh When the Saints wrote:379 if he plays 20 matches next year ... that puts him 3rd on the all-time games list.

Should have the most Brownlow votes of all time when he finishes too.
Only problem is Gary Dempsey having won the brownlow during one of the two years the umpires each gave separate votes he got something like 58 or 62. So the other year (either preceding or following) he would've also scored a few one can assume. So technically he isn't really that deserving considering, but no doubt he was a good player.

Does anybody know the actual tally of the most Brownlow votes? I recall seeing recently that Harves is one of only 3 players with over 200 career votes (Dempsey also being one and I don't remember the third?)

Gabba · Post: # 460111Post **Gabba** » Thu 20 Sep 2007 9:35am

Lethal?

Gabba · Post: # 460114Post **Gabba** » Thu 20 Sep 2007 9:39am

Sorry folks, he won it the year before the double votes thing. It is still the reason he has heaps of votes though.

Gabba · Post: # 460115Post **Gabba** » Thu 20 Sep 2007 9:40am

http://stats.rleague.com/afl/brownlow/totals0.html

It was Lethal.

Sadly Harvs can't catch up 42 votes in this and next year.

Mr Magic · Post: # 460117Post **Mr Magic** » Thu 20 Sep 2007 9:42am

SaintBot wrote:thanks for that brat...has anybody else reached 20 seasons?

You may need to look at some of the real old-time players lake Coventry etc - they didn't play as many games in a season back then so it may have taken more years to get to 300+?

joffaboy · Post: # 460122Post **joffaboy** » Thu 20 Sep 2007 9:53am

Harvey is the consumate club man.

The day after GT was dumped he re-signed.

In the midst of the new turmoil he decides to go on.

Blind loyalty? Nah - thats just Harves.

Now please dont shout me down for this, but lets just hope he hasn't gone on for one year too long. On recent form you could say he is still worth a spot on the list.

The almightly one off that is the great Robert Harvey.