Reg Garvin
Reginald William Garvin 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, Reginald William Garvin was born in Surry Hills, [New South Wales], on 19 September 1912.He married Betty Edith Med in 1939.
Education
He was educated at Alexandria Public School.Football
Newtown (NSWAFL)
Originally from the Newtown Football Club in the New South Wales Australian Football League, Garvin had already represented his state at interstate football nine times 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.| Best First-Year Players | |||
| Backs | Bernie Treweek | Reg Henderson | Lawrence Morgan |
| H/Backs | Gordon Waters | Bill Cahill | Eddie Morcom |
| Centre Line | Ted Buckley | George Bates | Jack Kelly |
| H/Forwards | Col Williamson | Ray Watts | Don Dilks |
| Forwards | Lou Sleeth | Sel Murray | Charlie Pierce |
| Rucks/Rover | Reg Garvin | Sandy Patterson | Des Fothergill |
| Second Ruck | Lawrence Morgan | Col Williamson | Lou Sleeth |