Hugh Coventry

Hugh Coventry (8 April 1922 – 21 July 2006) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Hugh Coventry
Coventry in 1941
Personal information
Full name Hugh Coventry
Date of birth (1922-04-08)8 April 1922
Date of death 21 July 2006(2006-07-21) (aged 84)
Original team(s) Ivanhoe Amateurs
Height 179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 78 kg (172 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1941 Collingwood 8 (11)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1941.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Hugh was the son of Syd Coventry. His career was interrupted by World War 2 after playing in the 1940 Reserves Premiership and making his debut at 19 in 1941. He was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross as a Flight Lieutenant.

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Notes

  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 184. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
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