By Alex Mitchell
The son of AFL games record holder Brent Harvey has been picked to debut for North Melbourne on Sunday when they battle Geelong.
Cooper Harvey, 18, will play for the Kangaroos after impressive form at VFL level that included five goals against Williamstown last time out.
Brent, who played a record 432 games for North before retiring in 2016 and who remains at the club as a development coach, got to break the news to his son at training on Thursday morning.
North Melbourne released vision of the announcement, an emotional Brent praising Cooper’s hard work to earn an opportunity that had been “a long time coming”.
Cooper will join a Kangaroos side that was well-beaten last time out, thumped by 11 goals at the hands of Adelaide in what was their 13th straight defeat.
He is one of four father-son players on North’s list, along with Jackson Archer (son of Glenn), Bailey Scott (son of Robert) and Luke McDonald (son of Donald).
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