St Kilda has too many underrated champions, probably due to the guernsey they wore. I could create a team of underrated players just from St Kilda's history!
But during modern times...
People would say Robert Harvey isn't underrated. However, in the Voss, Buckley, Hird discussion some people don't even consider Harvey. So for this reason I put him in the "underrated" category, because I think he's eclipses those guys. I think him being excluded by some is largely due to him not being in the media and living a quiet life, and of course just because he played for St Kilda. The same argument for Plugger not being the greatest player of all time, don't be stupid, of course he is.
At the end of 1999, Harvey and Carey were voted the top 2 players of the 90s, but people forget. Also, because he endured longer than most, he's often remembered as the 37 year old man running around, instead of the dynamic star he was in his prime (which also lasted longer than most).
By the end of 1989 he was regularly clocking up 30+ disposals, bagged 11 goals in the last six games and knotched up Brownlow votes in a couple of matches... he was still only 17 years old!!
When he was 19 years old he'd already clocked up 57 games, 17 brownlow votes, and 600 disposals in a season!! But people forget.
Battled hammies his whole career, came back from a knee reco, and was still hitting up teammates with 500 disposals in his final season at 37 years of age.
He was the fittest player of his time, no one ran more kms. I can't remember a single minute of a match where I thought geez Harvey is off today, he gave everything for 383 matches. No one has done it at a higher standard for longer.
After picking up a muddy ball at full speed, left or right, by hand or foot, after shrugging off three or four wouldbe tacklers, Harvey would hit you on the tit without fail or goal himself. "You couldn't tackle him in a phonebox" as David Parkin said.
People tend to forget quickly if they aren't constantly reminded by the media.
But during modern times...
People would say Robert Harvey isn't underrated. However, in the Voss, Buckley, Hird discussion some people don't even consider Harvey. So for this reason I put him in the "underrated" category, because I think he's eclipses those guys. I think him being excluded by some is largely due to him not being in the media and living a quiet life, and of course just because he played for St Kilda. The same argument for Plugger not being the greatest player of all time, don't be stupid, of course he is.
At the end of 1999, Harvey and Carey were voted the top 2 players of the 90s, but people forget. Also, because he endured longer than most, he's often remembered as the 37 year old man running around, instead of the dynamic star he was in his prime (which also lasted longer than most).
By the end of 1989 he was regularly clocking up 30+ disposals, bagged 11 goals in the last six games and knotched up Brownlow votes in a couple of matches... he was still only 17 years old!!
When he was 19 years old he'd already clocked up 57 games, 17 brownlow votes, and 600 disposals in a season!! But people forget.
Battled hammies his whole career, came back from a knee reco, and was still hitting up teammates with 500 disposals in his final season at 37 years of age.
He was the fittest player of his time, no one ran more kms. I can't remember a single minute of a match where I thought geez Harvey is off today, he gave everything for 383 matches. No one has done it at a higher standard for longer.
After picking up a muddy ball at full speed, left or right, by hand or foot, after shrugging off three or four wouldbe tacklers, Harvey would hit you on the tit without fail or goal himself. "You couldn't tackle him in a phonebox" as David Parkin said.
People tend to forget quickly if they aren't constantly reminded by the media.
