Robert Harvey: Inspirational Stories

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hey guys just a quick one, i have to do a presentation on Robert Harvey for work

do you remember the story a couple of years ago he did something to his achelies tendon and went home and injured himself to get over it ( sounds wierd i know)

Or if any one has any inspirational stories on the great man let me know thanks guys.


GO SAINTS!!!
 
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Hi Emmo, It wasn't Harv's archillies, it was his plantar fascia:

http://www.westofmoorabbin.com/05_round5pre.html

Harvey floor-banger: don't try this at home

Robert Harvey's rather drastic action to "cure" his plantar fascia problem, described so graphically on Thursday's Footy Show, was not so crazy as it sounded. The plantar fascia is a band of ligaments that runs along the bottom of the foot. It can be injured in two ways. The most common is plantar fasciitis or inflammation of the fascia. This occurs as a result of overuse and leads to pain and tenderness at the attachment of the plantar fascia to the heel bone. This can sometimes lead to the formation of a heel spur. The less common injury to the plantar fascia is a part tear, an acute injury that is associated with sudden onset of pain, bruising and swelling.
 

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bubblegoose said:
Hi Emmo, It wasn't Harv's archillies, it was his plantar fascia:

http://www.westofmoorabbin.com/05_round5pre.html

Harvey floor-banger: don't try this at home

Robert Harvey's rather drastic action to "cure" his plantar fascia problem, described so graphically on Thursday's Footy Show, was not so crazy as it sounded. The plantar fascia is a band of ligaments that runs along the bottom of the foot. It can be injured in two ways. The most common is plantar fasciitis or inflammation of the fascia. This occurs as a result of overuse and leads to pain and tenderness at the attachment of the plantar fascia to the heel bone. This can sometimes lead to the formation of a heel spur. The less common injury to the plantar fascia is a part tear, an acute injury that is associated with sudden onset of pain, bruising and swelling.
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Wow i have a bit of a lower back problem if you wouldnt mind having a look at that for me.Could have sworn Fraser Gehrig had something like that and in the end jumped off a chair to snap it?
 
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I recommend you jump off a table & land on your back - should sort you out in no time! :eek:

I think Fraser actually put up with the condition - I didn't hear of Fraser jumping off the table. May have taken a tumble off the wagon though ... :eek:
 
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bubblegoose said:
I recommend you jump off a table & land on your back - should sort you out in no time! :eek:

I think Fraser actually put up with the condition - I didn't hear of Fraser jumping off the table. May have taken a tumble off the wagon though ... :eek:
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Strangley the name stephen and something reminding with "torrents" sprung into my mind when I read this post...

Emmo, there's the classic story of Banger obsessively running, running, running everywhere from Brighton to Mordialloc, much to the chagrin of the coaching staff. He was so obsessed, they asked fans to call up the club if they ever caught him running, and they'd go pick him up! Apparently they got calls all the time...
 
Robert Harvey (Current to Today):

8 x All Australian
2 x Brownlow Medalist
4 x B&F Winner
2 x EJ Whitten Medalist
1 x Leigh Matthews Trophy Winner
Michael Tuck Medal 2004
5639 Career licks
1508 Career marks
3998 Career handballs
9637 Career Disposals (More than ANYONE to ever play)
Career average disposals 25.22
Awarded Best On Ground an amazing 44 times in Brownlow voting, more than anyone else!
Career Brownlow votes: 212
Only given away 178 free kicks in his career
603 career tackles
215 career goals
200 career behinds
16 career hit-outs (lol)
Career high 31 kicks in 1 game
Career high 24 handballs in 1 game
Career high 45 disposals in 1 game
Played on 19 different grounds (but i think its might be 21?)
Averages a 30 disposal game 1 in every 3!
Holds the record for most disposals by anyone in 1 season (756, 1997)
Games with single digit possessions??? ONLY 12!!!!!!!!
382* games, 194 wins, 4 draws, 184 losses -- *current
Record for most Brownlow votes in a season (32) (ignoring the 2 years where 2 umpires awarded a 3-2-1 each, making 6 votes BOG)
Polled in the Brownlow in Every season bar 1 - his first (4 games)
3rd on the All time games VFL/AFL list
Holds the St Kilda games record


21 seasons

Premierships: ???????

Can they make it 1????
 
Emmo said:
hey guys just a quick one, i have to do a presentation on Robert Harvey for work

do you remember the story a couple of years ago he did something to his achelies tendon and went home and injured himself to get over it ( sounds wierd i know)

Or if any one has any inspirational stories on the great man let me know thanks guys.


GO SAINTS!!!
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I don't suppose you want to swap jobs?

In the Robert Harvey magazine that is out at the moment there is a bit about him getting in trouble for excessive training.
Seems the players were being told not to do any training outside the official practice, but the club would keep getting reports of sightings of Robert Harvey jogging along beach road.
 
Emmo said:
hey guys just a quick one, i have to do a presentation on Robert Harvey for work

do you remember the story a couple of years ago he did something to his achelies tendon and went home and injured himself to get over it ( sounds wierd i know)

Or if any one has any inspirational stories on the great man let me know thanks guys.


GO SAINTS!!!
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Mate.. What do u do? I gotta do work exprience in yr 9 next year lol

Anyway, just show them his game in 05 qualifying final against the crows or the 97 GF. That'll do it.
 
Signd Sealed Saint said:
Anyway, just show them his game in 05 qualifying final against the crows or the 97 GF. That'll do it.
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Only show the 05 qualifying final as watching the second half may put you or any st kilda fan into a trance with images of darren jarman scarring your dreams for weeks on end possibly leading you to to smack any ugly, short haired prick with big ears you see on the street
 
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True riddler, but what a game he had that day...
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I'm all for watching the game if we edit out all highlights of Darren Jarman (who my old man still has number 1 on his list of people to shoot if he bought a gun) actually edit out the whole Adelaide side and i'll watch it every second day....if only the 97 gf tape was as worn out as my 97 prelim tape :mad:
 
Slightly off topic but i've got the Pies game on my ipod and i think that's one i'm gonna be watching quite a few times over, hopefully that'll be replaced by this week's game...

On Rob Harvey stories how about just talk about what a family man he was and what a great person in general but also for the fans.
 

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