The 50-year-old former North Melbourne footy great spoke candidly about growing up in Wagga Wagga, revealing he and his family had been considered Indigenous in the community.
An AFL legend has opened up on the sex scandal that sent shockwaves through the football world, destroyed life-long friendships and divided a club.
North Melbourne superstar and captain Wayne Carey walked out on the club before the 2002 season when his affair with the wife of teammate Anthony Stevens became public.
Carey and Stevens wife Kelli had been busted in a bathroom together by teammates at a birthday party, including Stevens himself.
AFL games record holder and Kangaroos legend Brent Harvey this week praised Stevens handling of the saga - and revealed he initially believed the claims were untrue.
AFL superstar Wayne Carey (left) repaired his marriage with wife Sally (right) after the sex scandal. The marriage ended in 2006
AFL by James Matthey 26th May 2021 7:03 AM North Melbourne great Brent Harvey has opened up on the impact Wayne Carey s affair with a teammate s wife had on the Kangaroos, saying the entire drama set the club back four or five years . The footy world was stunned in 2002 when it emerged Carey was having an affair with Stevens wife Kelli, a scandal that tarnished the AFL legend s reputation and saw him move to Adelaide to finish his career with the Crows. Harvey, the AFL games-record holder who played his entire 20-year career at North Melbourne, said the sex scandal ruptured the playing group and crippled the club for years.
AFL by James Matthey 26th May 2021 7:03 AM North Melbourne great Brent Harvey has opened up on the impact Wayne Carey s affair with a teammate s wife had on the Kangaroos, saying the entire drama set the club back four or five years . The footy world was stunned in 2002 when it emerged Carey was having an affair with Stevens wife Kelli, a scandal that tarnished the AFL legend s reputation and saw him move to Adelaide to finish his career with the Crows. Harvey, the AFL games-record holder who played his entire 20-year career at North Melbourne, said the sex scandal ruptured the playing group and crippled the club for years.
AFL by James Matthey 26th May 2021 7:03 AM North Melbourne great Brent Harvey has opened up on the impact Wayne Carey s affair with a teammate s wife had on the Kangaroos, saying the entire drama set the club back four or five years . The footy world was stunned in 2002 when it emerged Carey was having an affair with Stevens wife Kelli, a scandal that tarnished the AFL legend s reputation and saw him move to Adelaide to finish his career with the Crows. Harvey, the AFL games-record holder who played his entire 20-year career at North Melbourne, said the sex scandal ruptured the playing group and crippled the club for years.