Garvey first played Gaelic football with Dingle before lining out with the Geraldines club in Dublin.
Garvey won four Munster Championship medals in total, however, the highlight of his brief inter-county career was the 1946 All-Ireland final replay defeat of Roscommon.
He also lined out in the 1947 All-Ireland final defeat by Cavan at the Polo Grounds in New York.
Garvey also won two Railway Cup medals with Munster, the second as team captain.
[1][2] Garvey was born in Ventry, County Kerry, but spent his entire adult life in Dublin where he was principal of St. Joseph's Boys' National School in Terenure.