fullname years clubs statsend name originalteam birth_date article_title heightweight
mervyn john harbinson 1984-1985 essendon 1985 merv harbinson coburg 11 june 1959 merv harbinson
 180 ; kg & nbsp ; cm / 83 & nbsp
merv harbinson

mervyn john `` merv '' harbinson -lrb- born 11 june 1959 -rrb- is a former australian rules footballer who played with essendon in the victorian football league -lrb- vfl -rrb- .
harbinson started out in the victorian football association , where he played for coburg .
a rover/half forward , he was a good performer in the essendon reserves , winning both a best and fairest and premiership in 1983 .
already 25 , harbinson made his vfl debut in 1984 , which came in essendon 's win over carlton at princes park in round 19 .
his only other senior appearance was against collingwood the following year , in round 15 .
he was the reserves best and fairest winner again in 1985 .
both of the years he played senior football were premiership years for essendon .
in 1986 he returned to coburg for one season , then made his way to west adelaide in 1987 .
