About Me
Brent Harvey, known by his nickname “Boomer”, is a former Australian rules footballer 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.
Drafted by the North Melbourne Football Club in the third round of the 1995 AFL Draft, Harvey played in his only premiership side in 1999 after earning an E. J. Whitten Medal for being judged as the best player afield playing Victoria in the 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.
In 2022, he was inducted into the AFL Hall Of Fame in his first year of eligibility.
North Melbourne Captain: 2009–2011
AFL premiership: 1999
4x All-Australian team: 2000, 2005, 2007, 2008
5x Syd Barker Medal: 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010
Herald Sun Player of the Year: 2008
2x Lou Richards Medal: 2007, 2008
North Melbourne Team of the Century
E. J. Whitten Medal: 1999
Jim Stynes Medal: 2003
Captain of Australia: 2008
AFL Hall Of Fame: 2022
Most senior AFL games: 432
NAB Cup (North Melbourne): 1998
AFL Reserves Premiership (North Melbourne): 1996
