Gordon Coventry

Gordon Coventry
Coventry in 1934
Personal information
Full name	Gordon Richard James Coventry
Nickname(s)	Nuts
Date of birth	(1901-09-25)25 September 1901
Place of birth	Diamond Creek, Victoria
Date of death	7 November 1968(1968-11-07) (aged 67)
Place of death	Diamond Creek, Victoria
Original team(s)	Diamond Creek
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Position(s)	Full forward
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1920–1937	Collingwood	306 (1299)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
	Victoria	25 (100)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1937.
Career highlights
Club 5× VFL Premiership player: (1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1935) 16× Collingwood Leading Goalkicker: (1922–1937) 6× Leading Goalkicker Medal (1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1933) Copeland Trophy: (1933) Honours Australian Football Hall of Fame Legend Collingwood Team of the Century Collingwood Hall of Fame
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Gordon Richard James Coventry (25 September 1901 – 7 November 1968) was a former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Afforded 'Legend' status in the Australian Football Hall of Fame, Coventry was the first player in VFL history to achieve several significant milestones, including playing 300 career games, kicking 100 goals in a season, winning the leading goalkicker award in five consecutive years, and kicking 1000 career goals. Coventry's league total of 1299 career goals served as a competition record for over 60 seasons.