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Reginald William Garvin (19 September 1912 – 1 December 1994) was an
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 oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
er who played with St Kilda in the
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. 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.,
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

He was educated at Alexandria Public School.Reginald William Garvin, at ''New South Wales Australian Football History Society''.
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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.


St Kilda (VFL

A follower, he finished equal 4th in the 1941 Brownlow Medal and won the first of his two St Kilda best and fairest awards, the other coming in 1944. He represented the VFL against South Australia on 12 July 1941. For the 1942 and 1943 seasons Garvin was St Kilda's captain-coach.


1937 Best First-Year Players

In September 1937, ''The Argus'' selected Garvin in its team of 1937's first-year players.


Prahran (VFA)

After leaving St Kilda in 1946 he joined Prahran in the VFA where he finished his career in 1948.


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Reg Garvin
at ''The VFA Project''. {{DEFAULTSORT:Garvin, Reg 1912 births 1994 deaths Newtown Australian Football Club players Newtown Australian Football Club players St Kilda Football Club players St Kilda Football Club coaches Trevor Barker Award winners Prahran Football Club players Australian rules footballers from New South Wales