Gordon Coventry

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Gordon Coventry was a legendary Australian rules footballer and prolific goal-kicker for Collingwood in the VFL, long regarded as one of the game’s greatest forwards.

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instanceOf Australian rules footballer
athlete
awardReceived Collingwood leading goalkicker
burialPlace Fawkner Memorial Park, Victoria, Australia NERFINISHED
captaincy Collingwood Football Club NERFINISHED
careerEnd 1937
careerStart 1920
countryOfCitizenship Australia
dateOfBirth 1901-09-25
dateOfDeath 1968-11-07
familyName Coventry NERFINISHED
fullName Gordon Richard James Coventry NERFINISHED
gamesPlayed 306
givenName Gordon NERFINISHED
goalsScored 1299
hallOfFame Australian Football Hall of Fame NERFINISHED
hallOfFameStatus Legend
heritageNumberAtCollingwood 195
honouredIn Collingwood Team of the Century NERFINISHED
inductedIntoHallOfFame 1996
isBrotherOf Syd Coventry NERFINISHED
league Victorian Football League NERFINISHED
memberOf Collingwood 1927–1930 premiership teams NERFINISHED
nickname Nuts
occupation cigarette salesman
placeOfBirth Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Kew, Victoria, Australia NERFINISHED
playedFor Collingwood Football Club NERFINISHED
positionPlayed full-forward
premiershipsWon 1927 VFL premiership
1928 VFL premiership
1929 VFL premiership
1930 VFL premiership
1935 VFL premiership
recordBrokenBy Tony Lockett NERFINISHED
recordHeld VFL/AFL career goals record
recordHeldFrom 1937
recordHeldUntil 1999
sibling Syd Coventry NERFINISHED
sport Australian rules football
statueLocatedAt Melbourne Cricket Ground NERFINISHED
team Collingwood Football Club NERFINISHED
VFLLeadingGoalkicker 1926
1927
1928
1929
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Tony Lockett brokeRecordOf Gordon Coventry