Reginald William Garvin (19 September 1912 – 1 December 1994) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the VFL. 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.
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.Reg. Garvin wins Provan Medal, The Labor Daily, (Tuesday, 8 September 1936), p.8.
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.Football Season's Many Good Recruits, The Argus, (Tuesday, 7 September 1937), p.14.
Best First-Year Players (1937)BacksBernie Treweek(Fitzroy)Reg Henderson(Richmond)Lawrence Morgan(Fitzroy)H/BacksGordon Waters(Hawthorn)Bill Cahill(Essendon)Eddie Morcom(North Melbourne)Centre LineTed Buckley(Melbourne)George Bates(Richmond)Jack Kelly(St Kilda)H/ForwardsCol Williamson(St Kilda)Ray Watts(Essendon)Don Dilks(Footscray)ForwardsLou Sleeth(Richmond)Sel Murray(North Melbourne)Charlie Pierce(Hawthorn)Rucks/RoverReg Garvin(St Kilda)Sandy Patterson(South Melbourne)Des Fothergill(Collingwood)Second RuckLawrence MorganCol WilliamsonLou Sleeth
Prahran (VFA) After leaving St Kilda in 1946 he joined Prahran in the VFA where he finished his career in 1948.
References
External links
Reg Garvin, at The VFA Project.