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Gordon Coventry

Gordon Coventry, Australian footballer (died 1968)

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Born
September 25, 1901
Died
November 7, 1968
Zodiac sign
Libra
Birth year
1901

About Gordon Coventry

Gordon Richard James Coventry was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was the first player to kick 100 goals in a VFL season (which he did in 1929, 1930, 1933, and 1934), kicked a total of 1299 goals in VFL football, and 100 goals in VFL representative teams. He later relented, and, having served the eighth and last match of his suspension in the first week of the 1937 season, he played in 19 matches and kicked 72 goals in 1937, his final VFL season. Coventry played his first senior game for Collingwood at the age of 18 against St Kilda in round 15, 1920.

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Gordon Coventry timeline

  1. Coventry played his first senior game for Collingwood at the age of 18 against St Kilda in round 15, 1920.
  2. He was the first player to kick 100 goals in a VFL season (which he did in 1929, 1930, 1933, and 1934), kicked a total of 1299 goals in VFL football, and 100 goals in VFL representative teams.
  3. He later relented, and, having served the eighth and last match of his suspension in the first week of the 1937 season, he played in 19 matches and kicked 72 goals in 1937, his final VFL season.

The world when Gordon Coventry was born

Gordon Coventry was born in 1901. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1901

  • Best-selling book"The Crisis" – Winston Churchill

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst American League season
  • Top headlinePresident McKinley assassinated — Roosevelt becomes president
  • Technology milestoneFirst transatlantic radio signal by Marconi
  • World population~1.61B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam McKinley / Theodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population77.6M

1901 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Gordon Coventry's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19012026
Population77.6M341 million

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