Reg Garvin
{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1912}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=April 2015}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Reg Garvin
| image =
| fullname = Reginald William Garvin
| birth_date = 19 September 1912
| birth_place = Surry Hills, New South Wales
| death_date = {{death date and age|1994|12|1|1912|9|19|df=yes}}
| death_place =
| originalteam = Newtown (NSWAFL)
| height = 182 cm
| weight = 87 kg
| position =
| statsend = 1948
| years1 = 1932–1936
| club1 = Newtown (NSWAFL)
| games_goals1 =
| years2 = 1937–1946
| club2 = St Kilda (VFL)
| games_goals2 = 130 (33)
| years3 = 1947–1948
| club3 = Prahran (VFA)
| games_goals3 = 35 (15)
| coachyears1 = 1942–1943
| coachclub1 = St Kilda (VFL)
| coachgames_wins1 = 24 (7–16–1)
| careerhighlights =
}}
Reginald William Garvin (19 September 1912 – 1 December 1994){{cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/Reg%2BGarvin/6214|title=Reg Garvin - Player Bio|publisher=Australian Football|access-date=11 December 2014}} was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the VFL. Garvin was a quick, tenacious, powerful, hard-working and dynamic centre half-forward in his prime.
Family
The son of William James Garvin, and Maud Elizabeth Garvin (-1949), Reginald William Garvin was born in Surry Hills, New South Wales,de Lacy, H.A., "[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article188809168 Reg. Garvin has Tried all Codes]", The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 6 July 1940), p.5. on 19 September 1912.
He married Betty Edith Med (1915-1974) in 1939.
Education
Football
=Newtown (NSWAFL)=
Originally from the Newtown Football Club in the New South Wales Australian Football League (NSWAFL), Garvin had already represented his state at interstate football nine times (including three games at the 1933 Sydney ANFC Carnival) by the time he arrived at St Kilda.
He won the Provan Medal, as the League's best and fairest player, in 1936.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article237740493 Reg. Garvin wins Provan Medal, The Labor Daily, (Tuesday, 8 September 1936), p.8.]
=St Kilda (VFL=
=1937 Best First-Year Players=
In September 1937, The Argus selected Garvin in its team of 1937's first-year players.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11080747 Football Season's Many Good Recruits, The Argus, (Tuesday, 7 September 1937), p.14.]
| class="wikitable"
! ! !Best First-Year Players (1937) ! |
| Backs
|align=center|Bernie Treweek |align=center|Reg Henderson |align=center|Lawrence Morgan |
| H/Backs
|align=center|Gordon Waters |align=center|Bill Cahill |align=center|Eddie Morcom |
| Centre Line
|align=center|Ted Buckley |align=center|George Bates |align=center|Jack Kelly |
| H/Forwards
|align=center|Col Williamson |align=center|Ray Watts |align=center|Don Dilks |
| Forwards
|align=center|Lou Sleeth |align=center|Sel Murray |align=center|Charlie Pierce |
| Rucks/Rover
|align=center|Reg Garvin |align=center|Sandy Patterson |align=center|Des Fothergill |
| Second Ruck
|align=center|Lawrence Morgan |align=center|Col Williamson |align=center|Lou Sleeth |
=Prahran (VFA)=
After leaving St Kilda in 1946 he joined Prahran in the VFA where he finished his career in 1948.{{cite web |title=1948 - Garvin Wants to Return to League Rules |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205682772/19597904 |publisher=The Age |access-date=16 May 2021 |pages=8 |date=13 September 1948}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{AFL Tables | R/Reg_Garvin }}
- {{AustralianFootball | reg+garvin/6214 }}
- [https://www.thevfaproject.org/pages/Players/Garvin,_Reg.php Reg Garvin], at The VFA Project.
{{Trevor Barker Award}}
{{St Kilda Football Club captains}}
{{St Kilda Football Club coaches}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Garvin, Reg}}
Category:Newtown Australian Football Club players
Category:St Kilda Football Club players
Category:St Kilda Football Club coaches
Category:Trevor Barker Award winners