Harvey Dunn Sr.

Harvey Dunn
Personal information
Full name Harvey Louis Dunn
Date of birth (1899-08-06)6 August 1899
Place of birth Carlton North, Victoria
Date of death 12 September 1961(1961-09-12) (aged 62)
Place of death Niddrie, Victoria
Original team(s) Carlton District
Height 164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1924–29 Carlton 71 (139)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1929.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Harvey Louis Dunn (6 August 1899 – 12 September 1961) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1] His son, Harvey Dunn Jr., also played for Carlton and was notably the first player recruited under the father–son rule.[2]

Dunn spent time as the coach of the Box Hill Football Club, and was its inaugural Victorian Football Association coach in 1951.[3] He later coached the Carlton Thirds from 1953 until 1955.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 231. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  2. ^ "First clearance to "dad's" club". The Herald. Melbourne, VIC. 16 March 1951. p. 10.
  3. ^ "Dunn to coach Box Hill". The Herald. Melbourne, VIC. 5 March 1951. p. 13.
  4. ^ Tony de Bolfo (4 May 2021). "70 years on, a tribute to Harvey - football's first father/son recruit". Retrieved 6 April 2024.


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