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Victorian captain – 1927, 1930, 1933
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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]
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^"Coventry, Sydney Alfred (Syd) (1899–1976)". Sydney Andrew Coventry. Australian Dictionary of Biography, Australian National University.
^"Machine named among world's best ever sporting teams". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
with a Distinguished Flying Cross; another son, SydCoventry, Jr., also played for the club. Coventry was Collingwood vice president from 1939 to 1949...
goals, with his brother, Syd, playing on the other. In 1923, with Lee having retired at the end of the 1922 season, Coventry (by this stage a 34-game...
Tyson as both captain and player – he was cleared to North Melbourne. SydCoventry was appointed captain, and went on to win the 1927 Brownlow Medal and...
1922 Tom Drummond 1923 Harry Curtis 1924–1926 Charlie Tyson 1927–1934 SydCoventry 1935–1939 Harry Collier 1940–1941 Jack Regan 1942 Phonse Kyne 1943 Jack...
match, provided inspiration to the side. His main role was to protect SydCoventry and, despite fracturing his arm, he battled on manfully, and held his...
Geelong 114–48 Won Grand Final against Richmond 25–13 SydCoventry Gordon Coventry (6) 97 SydCoventry Jock McHale 1928 1928 VFL season 1st Premiers 15 3...
player during the Victorian Football League (VFL) home and away season. SydCoventry of the Collingwood Football Club won the medal by polling seven votes...
Jarrod Witts also stands at 2.10 metres (6 ft 11 in). Notable Rucks: SydCoventry Jack Dyer Roy Cazaly Vic Cumberland Percy Bentley Roy Wright Alan Gale...
Club: Team of the Century 1896–1997 Full-back Harold Rumney Jack Regan SydCoventry (c) Half-back Billy Picken Albert Collier Nathan Buckley Centre Thorold...
Club: Team of the Century 1896–1997 Full-back Harold Rumney Jack Regan SydCoventry (c) Half-back Billy Picken Albert Collier Nathan Buckley Centre Thorold...
Club: Team of the Century 1896–1997 Full-back Harold Rumney Jack Regan SydCoventry (c) Half-back Billy Picken Albert Collier Nathan Buckley Centre Thorold...
Gordon Coventry Hugh CoventrySydCoventrySydCoventry Jr. James Walker Alex Denney Gordon and Syd were brothers. Syd was the father of Hugh and Syd Jr....
Carlton and Collingwood, played at Victoria Park in a heavy cross-wind, SydCoventry, playing in his 222nd match in his last season for Collingwood, was knocked...
Club: Team of the Century 1896–1997 Full-back Harold Rumney Jack Regan SydCoventry (c) Half-back Billy Picken Albert Collier Nathan Buckley Centre Thorold...
the football of a number of prominent sportsmen, including George Bates, Syd Dineen, Neil Harvey, Tommy Lahiff, Jock McConchie, Bill Munn, Laurie Nash...
only two goals Brownlow Medal The annual Brownlow Medal is awarded to SydCoventry (Collingwood) Sweden Championship final – IK Göta 5-1 Västerås SK World...
Club: Team of the Century 1896–1997 Full-back Harold Rumney Jack Regan SydCoventry (c) Half-back Billy Picken Albert Collier Nathan Buckley Centre Thorold...
In 2018, the same criticism was levelled by ABC sport reporter James Coventry, who mentioned that over 60% of Legends inducted were either playing or...
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