Harvey Hardy Explained

Harvey Hardy
Position:	Guard
Birth Date:	November 27, 1922
Birth Place:	Thomaston, Georgia, U.S.
Death Place:	Lakeland, Florida, U.S.
Height Ft:	5
Height In:	11
Weight Lbs:	185
College:	Georgia Tech
Draftyear:	1943
Draftround:	26
Draftpick:	243
Pastteams:	Brooklyn Dodgers *
Highlights:	Consensus All-American (1942) First-team All-SEC (1942)

Harvey Boland Hardy (November 27, 1922 – September 15, 1992^[1]) was an American football player who played collegiately for the Georgia Tech football team, was a consensus All-American, and was an MVP of the 1943 Cotton Bowl Classic.^{[2] [3]}

Hardy was selected as the 243rd pick of the 1943 NFL draft (round 26, pick 3) by the Brooklyn Dodgers but did not play professionally.^[4] He was inducted into the Georgia Tech Hall of Fame in 1961.^[5] He was elected to the Alabama Community College Conference Hall of Fame in 1990.^[6]

Hardy was in the Southeastern Conference Football Officials Association from 1957 to 1981, and officiated 23 bowl games.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Notebook . September 17, 1992 . . March 19, 2010.
2. Web site: Georgia Tech All-Time Team. Athlon Sports. 2007-10-08.
3. Web site: 1943 Cotton Bowl: Texas 14, Georgia Tech 7 . mackbrown-texasfootball.com . 2007-10-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071119090639/http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=36&url_subchannel_id=&url_article_id=707&change_well_id=2 . 2007-11-19 .
4. Web site: 1943 NFL Player Draft . databaseFootball.com . 2007-10-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070715073627/http://www.databasefootball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1943&lg=nfl . 2007-07-15 .
5. Web site: Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame. RamblinWreck.com. Georgia Tech Athletic Association. 2007-09-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20110918200605/http://ramblinwreck.cstv.com/ot/fame/halloffame.html. 2011-09-18. dead.
6. Web site: Harvey Boland Hardy - 1990 . Alabama Community College Conference . acccsports.org . 2007-10-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081203180946/http://www.acccsports.org/acccpages/hofmember/18.jsp . 2008-12-03 .