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Syd Coventry | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Sydney Alfred Coventry | ||
Date of birth | 13 June 1899 | ||
Place of birth | Greensborough, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 10 November 1976 | (aged 77)||
Place of death | Fairfield, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | Diamond Creek Football Club | ||
Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1922–1934 | Collingwood | 227 (62) | |
Representative team honours | |||
Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
1922–1934 | Victoria | 27 | |
Coaching career3 | |||
Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
1935–1937 | Footscray | 36 (8–26–2) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1934. 3 Coaching statistics correct as of 1937. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Sydney Alfred Coventry (13 June 1899 – 10 November 1976) was an Australian rules football player, coach and administrator.[1][2] He played for Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and also coached Footscray in the VFL.
In 1969, the Collingwood Football Club named the newly built social club stand at Victoria Park the S. A. Coventry Pavilion. In 1992, the Melbourne Cricket Club named Gate 7 after Coventry (and his brother) as part of the Great Southern Stand development at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. In 1996, Coventry was inducted into the first batch of players and officials in the Australian Football Hall of Fame. In 2016, Coventry was named by Sam Walker of The Wall Street Journal as one of the 16 best captains in sport history.[3]