Harry McKay (footballer)

Harrison McKay (born 24 December 1997) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). In 2021, McKay won the Coleman Medal, awarded to the game's leading goalkicker for that season he is also the twin brother of north Melbournes Ben McKay but they are yet to play in a match against each other after 7 years in the league.

Harry McKay
McKay playing for Carlton in April 2018
Personal information
Full name Harrison McKay
Nickname(s) H, Big H, Feathers
Date of birth (1997-12-24) 24 December 1997
Place of birth warragul
Original team(s) Gippsland Power (TAC Cup)
Draft No. 10, 2015 national draft
Debut Round 18, 2017, Carlton
vs. Brisbane Lions, at the Gabba
Height 204 cm (6 ft 8 in)
Weight 105 kg (231 lb)
Position(s) Key Forward
Club information
Current club Carlton
Number 10
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2016- Carlton 72 (141)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of Round 5 2022.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Career

A key forward, McKay played junior football at Warragul and state under-18s football with the Gippsland Power. He was drafted by Carlton with a first round selection (No. 10 overall) in the 2015 national draft.[1] He missed much of the 2016 season, his first season in the professional system, with stress fractures in his back,[2] and made his senior debut for the club in Round 18, 2017.[3]

McKay began to command a regular place in the Carlton forward-line in 2018, and was soon the club's primary spearhead. He won his first club leading goalkicker award in 2019 with 26 goals and was named forward pocket in that seasons 22under22 team,[4] then led the club's goalkicking again in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season with 21 goals. He had a break-out season in 2021: serving as a deep full forward, he was among the strongest contested marks in the league; he kicked 58 goals for the season to win the Coleman Medal by a four-goal margin, which was both the most goals and first Coleman Medal by a Carlton player since 2009.

A left-foot kick, McKay favours taking set shots from the right side of the ground with a perpendicular run-up and snap kick, even from relatively narrow angles; he still favours the conventional drop punt from the left side of the ground.[5]

Family

McKay is the twin brother of fellow professional footballer Ben McKay, who plays as a key defender at North Melbourne. Brother of Corey McKay, who plays for Kwinana Knights and a key forward, [6] The two are yet to play a game against each other.[7]

Statistics
Statistics are correct to the end of Round 21 2021[8]
Legend
 G  Goals  K  Kicks  D  Disposals  T  Tackles
 B  Behinds  H  Handballs  M  Marks
 †  Led the league
for the season
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2017 Carlton 1023211415711.51.05.52.07.53.50.5
2018 Carlton 101321111033513870231.60.97.92.710.65.41.8
2019 Carlton 1020263016146207125321.31.58.052.310.356.251.7
2020 Carlton 1013211576219757201.61.25.81.67.54.41.5
2021 Carlton 101958†3315431185113273.1†1.78.11.69.76.01.4
Career 67 129 91 483 130 593 340 96 1.8 1.3 6.5 1.9 8.4 4.7 1.4

References
  1. "PICK 10: Harry McKay". CarltonFC.com.au. Bigpond. 24 November 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  2. Danielle Balales (20 September 2016). "Season review: Harry McKay". Carlton Football Club. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  3. Cherny, Daniel (21 July 2017). "Carlton name Harry McKay to make debut v Brisbane Lions on Sunday". The Age. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  4. "2019 22under22 team unveiled". AFLPA. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  5. Russell Gould (15 June 2021). "AFL: Carlton spearhead Harry McKay says snapshot goalkicking is the new normal". The Australian. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  6. Larkin, Steve (24 November 2015). "Sibling rivalry to reach another level after McKay twins get drafted". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  7. Russell Gould (22 July 2021). "'I'd sew up the Coleman on him': McKay twins FINALLY set to face off at AFL level". Fox Sports. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  8. "Harry McKay". AFL Tables. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
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