Gordon Coventry

People - C



Full Name: Gordon Richard Coventry¹
Nickname: "Nuts"²
Born: 25-Sep-1901³
Place of Birth: Diamond Creek, Victoria⁴
Died: 07-Nov-1968⁵
Place of Death: Diamond Creek, Victoria⁶
Died: 7-Nov-1968⁷
Height: 183 cm (AFL Tables)
Nickname(s): 'Nuts'

Career

Player
Diamond Creek⁸
Diamond Creek (Heidelberg District Football League)⁹
Collingwood (VFL) Senior Team 1920-37

Coach
Collegians (VAFA) post 1937¹⁰

Comment

Collingwood's champion full forward. He was the first player to kick 100 goals in a season in the VFL and the first player to reach 300 games.

Brother of Syd Coventry

Related Pages

• Collingwood Senior Team 1934 (SLV 122_087)
• Gordon Coventry
• Reference_ 1925 VFL Grand Final - Defeated Team (Collingwood)
• Reference_ 1926 VFL Grand Final - Defeated Team (Collingwood)
• Reference_ 1927 VFL Grand Final - Winning Team (Collingwood)
• Reference_ 1928 VFL Grand Final - Winning Team (Collingwood)
• Reference_ 1929 VFL Grand Final - Winning Team (Collingwood)
• Reference_ 1930 VFL Grand Final - Winning Team (Collingwood)
• Reference_ 1931 VFL v VFA Charity Match - League Team
• Reference_ 1934 VFL v VFA - 16 Jun - Winning Team (VFL
• Reference_ 1935 VFL Grand Final - Winning Team (Collingwood)
• Reference_ 1935 Vic v Bendigo League - Aug 3 - Winning Team (VFL)
• Reference_ 1936 VFL_AFL Tribunal
• Reference_ 1937 VFL Grand Final - Defeated Team (Collingwood)
• Reference_ 1937 VFL R16 - Collingwood v Melbourne - A Record Aggregate 295 points - Collingwood Team
• Reference_ Australian Football Hall of Fame
• Reference_ Collingwood Best and Fairest
• Reference_ Collingwood Leading Goal Kicker
• Reference_ Collingwood Team of the Century
• Reference_ VFL - 8 or more goals per game in VFL games (pre 1966 players)
• Reference_ VFL - Leading Goalkicker Medal (Coleman Medal)

Other Photos

Gordon Coventry - 1923 Magpie Portraits of Leading Footballers - Source: Australian Rules Football Cards

Gordon Coventry - 1933 Hoadleys Victorian Footballers - Source: Australian Rules Football Cards

Gordon Coventry- 1929 Griffiths Black Crow Footballers- Source:Australian Rules Football Cards

Gordon Coventry No:20- 1933 Wills League Footballers - Larger Size Source:Australian Football Cards

More Photos

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External Links

AFL Tables - Gordon Coventry
Wikipedia - Gordon Coventry

Sources

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