Brent Harvey is an undisputed champion and legend of the North Melbourne Football Club who is on the verge of his 350th game.

The following shows just what a rare accomplishment his milestone is.

1. Harvey’s 350th game makes him just the 13th player in AFL/VFL history to reach the milestone.

2. To put it into perspective, if Andrew Swallow played every single home and away game for the rest of the decade, he would be on 283 matches at the end of the 2019 season.

3. He currently sits 38 games clear of second on the North games list (Glenn Archer, 311) and 118 of the next active Roo (Drew Petrie, 231).

4. When Harvey made his debut for North, Shaun Atley was three years old.

5. Microsoft Windows 95 was released just one year before Harvey’s first game.

6. Harvey had already played 64 games before Etihad Stadium hosted a game.

7. Waverley Park, Visy Park and Victoria Park were still active AFL grounds when Harvey started his career.

8. Harvey has played an AFL game on 16 different grounds.

9. The AFL reserves competition was active for each of Harvey’s first four seasons.

10. Harvey ranks 15th in all-time Brownlow Medal votes with 159.

What else happened in the year Boomer debuted?

Technology in 1996

• DVD's were launched in Japan
• Ebay started the online auction and shopping website, where people buy and sell goods and services worldwide.
• Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be successfully cloned
• IBM's Deep Blue defeats Chess Champion Gary Kasparov for the first time
• MSNBC ( 24hr News Channel ) a joint venture between Microsoft and NBC is launched

Popular Films in 1996

• Independence Day
• Twister
• Mission: Impossible
• Jerry Maguire
• The Rock
• The Nutty Professor
• The Birdcage
• A Time to Kill
• The English Patient
• Star Trek: First Contact

Popular Musicians in 1996

• Spice Girls First Number 1 "Wannabe"
• Mariah Carey
• Eric Clapton
• Blur
• Dalida
• Jamiroquai
• Snoop Doggy Dogg
• Oasis
• Madonna
• Metallica
• Gravity Kills
• Rage Against the Machine
• 2Pac
• The Wallflowers
• Sheryl Crow
• Red Hot Chili Peppers
• The Smashing Pumpkins
• Marilyn Manson
• Alanis Morissette
• Lenny Kravitz
• Foo Fighters