Michael "Mick" Garvey (born 16 October 1965) is a former

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er who played with Carlton in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...

(VFL). Garvey was best on ground in Corowa Rutherglen's senior's 1984

Coreen & District Football League The Coreen & District Football League was an Australian rules football competition in the Coreen, New South Wales, Coreen district of the Riverina in New South Wales, initially formed in 1909. The netball competition commenced in 1972 in line w ...

's premiership, before playing three seasons of Ovens & Murray football with

Wodonga Wodonga (pronounced ; ) is a city on the Victorian side of the border with New South Wales, north-east of Melbourne, Australia. It is part of the twin city of Albury-Wodonga and is located wholly within the boundaries of the City of Wodonga L ...

prior to playing with Carlton. Garvey was selected by Geelong in the 1990 VFL Pre-season draft but failed to play a senior game with the Cats. Garvey played in

's 1990 and 1992 Ovens & Murray premierships and enjoyed a fine career their for many more years, playing 161 games. Garvey later played in the

Tallangatta & District Football League The Tallangatta and District Football League (TDFL) is an Australian rules football competition in north-eastern Victoria (state), Victoria and the southern border area of the Riverina region of New South Wales. The clubs compete across four c ...

and won

Barnawartha Barnawartha is a small town located on the Hume Highway in regional north-east Victoria, Australia, approximately from Melbourne on the banks of Indigo Creek, which runs into the Murray River to the north. Barnawartha’s commercial centre is l ...

's best and fairest award in 1996.

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at Blueseum 1965 births Carlton Football Club players Wodonga Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Living people 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1960s-stub