Harvey Stevens

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Harvey Stevens

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1930|8|8|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|12|15|1930|8|8|df=y}}

| death_place =

| originalteam = Reservoir (DVFL)

| height = 188 cm

| weight = 87 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1957

| years1 = 1948–1952

| club1 = Collingwood

| games_goals1 = {{0}}54 {{0}}(56)

| years2 = 1953–1957

| club2 = Footscray

| games_goals2 = {{0}}72 {{0}}(71)

| games_goalstotal = 126 (127)

| careerhighlights = *VFL premiership player: 1954

• Charles Sutton Medal: 1953
• Footscray captain: 1957

}}

Harvey Stevens (8 August 1930 – 15 December 2016) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray and Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).{{Cite web|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-12-15/premiership-dog-harvey-stevens-passes-away-at-86|title = Premiership Dog Harvey Stevens passes away at 86}}

Stevens started his career in 1948 at Collingwood and played in their 1952 Grand Final before being released by the club during the summer.

In 1953, Stevens joined Footscray, the club his father Arthur had played for.{{cite book|last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=9781920910785}} He won the Footscray best and fairest award that year.

Stevens is a member of Footscray's first premiership winning side, playing as a ruckman in the 1954 VFL Grand Final.

His grandsons are Daniel Talia who played for the Adelaide Football Club, and Michael Talia who played for the Western Bulldogs and the Sydney Swans.{{cite news|title=Footy 2012|newspaper=The Sunday Age|date=18 March 2012|page=10}}{{cite web|title='Pa's' advice to Pup|url=http://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/tabid/4112/default.aspx?newsid=136568|publisher=Western Bulldogs|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121231023428/http://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/tabid/4112/default.aspx?newsid=136568|archive-date=31 December 2012|df=dmy-all}}

Stevens died on 14 December 2016, aged 86.{{cite web|title=Premiership Dog Harvey Stevens passes away at 86|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-12-15/premiership-dog-harvey-stevens-passes-away-at-86|website=afl.com.au|publisher=AFL|access-date=15 December 2016}}