Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Saturday, 10th October, 1953
- Current Age
- 72 years and 171 days
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Interstate Series
- 1975
- Challenge Cup AU
- 1978
Biography
Former Tamworth centre joined Norths President's Cup side while at boarding school. A robust player, Harris represented NSW in 1975 at a time where he was beginning to gravitate towards the forwards. His decision to play with C’bury in 1975-76 became the focus of a contractual dispute but he later returned to Norths, giving great service to the club for another seven seasons.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
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| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interstate Series | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | - | 196 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 106 | 78 | 109 | 9 | 39.80% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 6 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| Preseason Cup | - | 19 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 31.58% | List | ||||
| Midweek Cup | - | 14 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 64.29% | List | ||||
| Challenge Cup AU | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 232 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 139 | 97 | 132 | 9 | 41.81% | List | |||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSW City Seconds | 1974, 1976 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1974-75 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1974-1976 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1973 | 20 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 30.00% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1974 | 21 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 47.62% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1975 | 19 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 52.63% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1976 | 21 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 57.14% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1977 | 21 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 42.86% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1978 | 19 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 21.05% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1979 | 14 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 13 | 0 | 7.14% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1980 | 15 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1981 | 21 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 42.86% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1982 | 11 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.55% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1983 | 14 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 7 | 1 | 42.86% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| North Sydney | 1973-74, 1977-83 | 156 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 79 | 56 | 94 | 6 | 35.90% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | 1975-76 | 40 | 9 | - | - | 27 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 55.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1973-1983 | 196 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 106 | 78 | 109 | 9 | 39.80% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter, Max Turner, Tony McCarron, Tim Costello, AJ Lucantonio
Your Say
19 May 2012 3:58pm
Nicknamed "Crash Harris" due to his dynamic style of crash tackling, especially in the centres.
11 Mar 2014 6:52pm
The best front on tackler of his time, no other player worried him. Little wonder his nickname was Crash.
9 Jul 2016 6:41pm
Ferocious tackler, hence the nickname "Crash".
3 Aug 2017 10:33pm
One of the best and fairest tackling players I ever saw. His contemporaries respected him and knew he played hard but fair. I still remember running onto North Sydney Oval after Norths beat Souths in the final round of the 1973 competition and saying to Keith Harris that it was the best 21st present I could have hoped for. He was, is and forever will be, in my mind, a gentleman!
19 May 2018 5:13pm
Ferociuos defender. His nickname was "Crash". Many players were wary of him.
3 Sep 2022 8:44pm
The nick name crash is not from footy but from an actual crash ????
13 Apr 2025 8:17pm
Known as "Goo Harris". While driving back to Tamworth after a game. He was pulled over for speeding. When asked what was his hurry, he replied that he was hungry.
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