Nathan Turvey

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer and harness racing driver and trainer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}}

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| fullname = Nathan Turvey

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|10|17|df=y}}

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| originalteam = South Fremantle

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| statsend = 1999

| years1 = 1998–1999

| club1 = Hawthorn

| games_goals1 = 10 (0)

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Nathan Turvey (born 17 October 1977) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Hawthorn selected Turvey in the 1996 AFL Draft from South Fremantle in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) with the 29th overall selection. He only played three games for Hawthorn in his first season due to finger tendon injuries.{{Ref AFL Encyc|4th|655}} After only seven more games in 1999, the long-kicking left footer{{cite news|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=nstore&docID=news961025_0177_0948|title=The Draft - How Your Club Fared|date= 25 October 1996|work=The Age|page=32}} was delisted by Hawthorn prior to the 2000 season.{{cite news|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=nstore&docID=news000229_0565_2871|title=Hawthorn Preview|first=Jake|last=Niall|date=29 February 2000|work=The Age|page=Sport 2}}

After a year in South Australia playing for South Adelaide, Turvey then returned to Western Australian where he continued to play for South Fremantle until 2003.{{cite web |url=http://www.southfremantlefc.com.au/assets/Uploads/Player-Records-1900-2010.pdf |title=SFFC Player Records |website=southfremantlefc.com.au |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202175550/http://www.southfremantlefc.com.au/assets/Uploads/Player-Records-1900-2010.pdf |archivedate=2 February 2014 |df=dmy-all }} He is also a highly rated harness racing trainer and driver,{{cite web |url=http://www.harness.org.au/wa/gloucesterpark/KensCall/KensCall210308.htm |title=Mixed fortunes for Turvey |website=harness.org.au}} based in Narrogin, Western Australia.[http://www.harness.org.au/news-article.cfm?news_id=12116 Turvey Heading For The Top] (10 July 2009)