[2] Harvey was born in Kiveton Park, which was then in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
He began his football career with Kiveton Park F.C., and was on the books of Huddersfield Town as an amateur, before turning professional with Birmingham in January 1924.
[3] An outside right, Harvey made his debut in the Football League First Division on 8 November 1924 in a 1–0 home win against West Ham United, and finished off the 1924–25 season with a run of ten games in the starting eleven.
[3] With Bradford he showed good goalscoring form, with 15 goals in 45 league games,[2] but injury forced his retirement in February 1930.
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