Terry Devery

Terry Devery (born 22 March 1938) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Terry Devery
Personal information
Full name G. Terry Devery
Date of birth (1938-03-22) 22 March 1938
Original team(s) Box Hill
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1959–1961 Footscray 31 (28)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1961.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

A rover, Devery started his senior career at Box Hill in the Victorian Football Association (VFA). He took part in Box Hill's first ever VFA finals appearance in 1956 and finished second in voting for the 1958 J. J. Liston Trophy, behind winner Keith Woolnough from Northcote.[2][3] In 1958 he also represented the VFA at the Melbourne Carnival.[4]

Devery was cleared to Footscray in 1959 and played 17 games in his debut season, missing only round seven, with a bruised thigh.[5][6] In the 1960 VFL season, Devery appeared in the first seven rounds, then lost his place for the next five games after suffering an injury, but returned in round 13 and played out the season.[5][7] He played only the opening round of the 1961 season.[5] In May that year he was granted a clearance to join Collingwood, after earlier getting permission from Footscray to train with the club.[8][9]

He didn't end up playing league football with Collingwood and instead made his way up to Queensland, where he captain-coached Morningside from 1962 to 1965 and made six appearances for his adopted state.[10] Morningside made the finals in 1963 and 1964, before Devery steered the club to a premiership in 1965.[10] As a player, he had his best season in 1962 when he was runner-up in the Grogan Medal count, to Keith Leach.[10]

In 1966, Devery joined North Ballarat as captain-coach and remained in that role for three years.[11]

He went to Canberra club Acton in 1971 as a player and coach.[12]

The best and fairest award at Morningside is named after Devery and former club president Barry Kelly.[13]

References
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  2. "Famous Box Hill Teams". Box Hill Hawks. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013.
  3. The Age, "Box Hill Award Won By Follower", 12 September 1958, p. 14
  4. The Age, "V.F.A. Carnival Rover to Run at Footscray", 5 March 1959, p. 12
  5. "Terry Devery". AFL Tables.
  6. The Age, "Noel Dickson Has Retired", 10 June 1959, p. 12
  7. The Age, "St. Kilda Followers Report Improvement", 9 June 1960, p. 13
  8. The Age, "Devery Shows Form With the Magpies", 17 May 1961, p. 10
  9. The Age, "Bernie Dowling Gets Clearance to Bulldogs", 31 May 1961, p. 10
  10. "Terry Devery". AFL Queensland.
  11. The Age, "North's vital test against Ballarat", 7 June 1968, p. 13
  12. "Devery new coach at Acton". The Canberra Times. 8 January 1971. p. 16. Retrieved 6 September 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. "Its Back to Back Devery-Kelly Medals For Gough". Sportingpulse.
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