Matthew Larkin

{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}

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

{{BLP sources|date=January 2016}}

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| fullname = Matthew Larkin

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|8|19|df=y}}

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| originalteam = Boronia

| height = 180 cm

| weight = 90 kg

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| statsend = 1993

| years1 = 1984–1993

| club1 = North Melbourne

| games_goals1 = 172 (143)

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Matthew Larkin (born 19 August 1964) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club.

A midfielder, Larkin appeared 172 times for the Kangaroos in the VFL/AFL between 1984 and 1993. He captained the club for three seasons in the early 1990s.

From 1985 until 1988 he won three of the four North Melbourne best and fairest awards. He had been recruited from Boronia.