Alan Harvey

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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|4|11|df=y}}

|birth_place = Barnsley, England

|height = {{height|ft=5|in=9}}

|position = Defender

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|years1 = 1961

|clubs1 = Gainsborough Trinity

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|years2 = 1961–1963

|clubs2 = Toronto City

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|years3 = 1963–1964

|clubs3 = Denaby United

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|years4 = 1964–1966

|clubs4 = Toronto Roma

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|years5 = 1968

|clubs5 = Toronto Falcons

|caps5 = 28

|goals5 = 3

|years6 = 1969

|clubs6 = Rochester Lancers

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|years7 = 1970

|clubs7 = Serbian White Eagles

|years8 = 1970–1972

|clubs8 = Toronto Croatia

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|nationalyears1 = 1968

|nationalteam1 = Canada

|nationalcaps1 = 4

|nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1= 1970

| managerclubs1 = Serbian White Eagles

| manageryears2= 1972

| managerclubs2 = Toronto Croatia

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Alan Harvey (born 11 April 1942) is a former professional soccer player.{{cite web|url=http://canadasoccer.com/?t=profile&pid=1434|title=Profile|access-date=7 January 2017|publisher=Canada Soccer Association}} He played club soccer for Toronto Roma, Toronto Falcons, Rochester Lancers, and Toronto Croatia. Born in England, he represented Canada at international level.

Club career

Harvey played in the Midland League in 1961 with Gainsborough Trinity.{{Cite book|last=Jose|first=Colin|title=On-Side – 125 Years of Soccer in Ontario|publisher=Ontario Soccer Association and Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum|year=2001|location=Vaughan, Ontario|pages=207}} In 1961, he played in the Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League with Toronto City for three seasons.{{Cite news|last=Waring|first=Ed|date=1 June 1961|title=10,926 See Toronto City Blank Italia, 1 to 0|page=29|work=The Globe and Mail}} During the off season he continued playing in the Midland League with Denaby United in the 1963–64 season.{{Cite web|title=Apr 4 - Gainsborough 6 Denaby 0 - Nothing goes well for Denaby. - Conisbrough and Denaby Main Local History|url=https://www.sites.google.com/site/conisbroughlocalhistory/all-our-yesterdays---when-we-were-young/196/04---april/denaby-united/gai|website=www.sites.google.com|access-date=4 May 2020}} In 1963, Toronto City traded Harvey to Toronto Roma for Ray Edwards and George Crook.{{Cite news|last=Waring|first=Ed|date=15 June 1963|title=Harvey to Roma: Toronto City Deals For Edwards, Crook|page=23|work=The Globe and Mail}} In 1968, he played in the North American Soccer League with Toronto Falcons.{{Cite news|last=Waring|first=Ed|date=13 May 1968|title=Jurisevic sets pace: Falcons score first victory, 3-2|page=19|work=The Globe and Mail}}

In 1969, he played in the American Soccer League with Rochester Lancers.{{cite web|title=Profile|url=http://www.nasljerseys.com/Players/H/Harvey.Allan.htm|access-date=7 January 2017|publisher=NASL Jerseys}} The following season he served as a player-coach with the Serbian White Eagles in the National Soccer League.{{Cite news|date=24 April 1970|title=Selective fhieves take tickets for Celtic-United game|page=31|work=The Globe and Mail}}{{Cite news|last=Waring|first=Ed|date=27 April 1970|title=White Eagles blanked in NSL opener|page=21|work=The Globe and Mail}} For the remainder of the 1970 season he played with Toronto Croatia.{{Cite web|title=C.N.S.C. TORONTO CROATIA|url=http://www.torontocroatia.org:80/clubhistory/19701979.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527101853/http://www.torontocroatia.org/clubhistory/19701979.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 May 2010|date=27 May 2010|access-date=17 July 2017}} He assisted Croatia in securing the Canadian Open Cup by defeating Vancouver Eintracht in 1971.{{Cite news|last=Kernaghan|first=Jim|date=18 October 1971|title=Toronto Croatia overcomes Vancouver|page=31|work=Toronto Daily Star}} In 1972, he served as a player-coach on an interim basis for Toronto Croatia until the arrival of Gordan Irović.{{Cite news|last=Waring|first=Ed|date=1 May 1972|title=Blaskovic broke ice then leg in '72 soccer season opener|page=S4|work=The Globe and Mail}}