Syd Coventry - Collingwood Committeeman

Collingwood Committeeman

He served as club vice-president from 1939 to 1949, and as president between 1950 and 1962. From 1963 until 1976 he was Collingwood's patron, rounding off more than fifty years of involvement with the club.

Preceded by None	Copeland Trophy winner 1927	Succeeded by Harry Collier
Preceded by Harold Rumney	Copeland Trophy winner 1932	Succeeded by Gordon Coventry
Preceded by Ivor Warne-Smith	Brownlow Medal winner 1927	Succeeded by Ivor Warne-Smith

Brownlow Medal winners

1924: Greeves
1925: C. Watson
1926: Warne-Smith
1927: Coventry
1928: Warne-Smith
1929: Collier
1930: Judkins
1931: Bunton
1932: Bunton
1933: Smallhorn
1934: Reynolds
1935: Bunton
1936: Ryan
1937: Reynolds
1938: Reynolds
1939: Whelan
1940: Matthews/Fothergill
1941: Ware
1946: Cordner
1947: Deacon
1948: Morris
1949: Clegg/Austen
1950: Ruthven
1951: B. Smith
1952: Wright/Hutchison
1953: Hutchison
1954: Wright
1955: Goldsmith
1956: Box
1957: Gleeson
1958: Roberts
1959: Skilton/Howell
1960: Schultz
1961: James
1962: Lord
1963: Skilton
1964: Collis
1965: Stewart
1966: Stewart
1967: R. Smith
1968: Skilton
1969: Murray
1970: Bedford
1971: Stewart
1972: Thompson
1973: Greig
1974: Greig
1975: Dempsey
1976: Moss
1977: Teasdale
1978: Blight
1979: Moore
1980: Templeton
1981: Quinlan/Round
1982: Wilson
1983: Glendinning
1984: Moore
1985: Hardie
1986: DiPierdomenico/Williams
1987: Lockett/Platten
1988: Healy
1989: Couch
1990: Liberatore
1991: Stynes
1992: Wynd
1993: Wanganeen
1994: Williams
1995: Kelly
1996: Hird/Voss
1997: Harvey
1998: Harvey
1999: Crawford
2000: Woewodin
2001: Akermanis
2002: Black
2003: Buckley/Ricciuto/Goodes
2004: Judd
2005: Cousins
2006: Goodes
2007: Bartel
2008: Cooney
2009: Ablett
2010: Judd
2011: Swan
2012: J. Watson

Collingwood Football Club · Team of the Century 1896–1997

Full-back	Harold Rumney Jack Regan Syd Coventry (c)

Half-back	Billy Picken Albert Collier Nathan Buckley

Centre	Thorold Merrett Bob Rose Darren Millane

Half-forward	Des Fothergill Murray Weideman Dick Lee

Full-forward	Phonse Kyne Gordon Coventry Peter Daicos

Ruck	Len Thompson Des Tuddenham Harry Collier

Interchange	Tony Shaw Wayne Richardson Marcus Whelan Gavin Brown

Coach	Jock McHale

Collingwood Football Club 1927/1928/1929/1930 VFL Premiers

Captain: 8/9. S. Coventry 2/1/4/5. Beveridge 4/5/6. A. Collier 5/6/7. H. Collier 7/8. G. Coventry 9/10. Chesswas 6/10/11. Clayden 10/11/12. Dibbs 14/13/17/19. Libbis 15/19/18/20. Makeham 20/18/19/21. Murphy 22/24/26. Rumney

Coach: McHale

Captains of the Collingwood Football Club

1897: Strickland
1898–1899: Proudfoot
1900: Condon
1901: Proudfoot
1902–1904: Tulloch
1905: C. Pannam
1906: Dummett
1906–1908: Leach
1908: Drohan
1908–1909: Nash
1910–1911: Angus
1912–1913: McHale
1914–1916: Minogue
1917–1918: Wilson
1919: McCarthy
1920–1921: Lee
1922: Drummond
1923: Curtis
1924–1926: Tyson
1927–1934: Coventry
1935–1939: Collier
1940–1941: Regan
1942: Kyne
1943: Regan
1944: Fricker
1945: A. Pannam
1946–1949: Kyne
1950–1951: Hocking
1952–1955: Richards
1955–1956: Mann
1957: Twomey
1958–1959: Tuck
1960–1963: Weideman
1964–1965: Gabelich
1965: Henderson
1966–1969: Tuddenham
1970–1971: Waters
1971–1975: W. Richardson
1976: Tuddenham
1977: M. Richardson
1978: Thompson
1979–1980: R. Shaw
1981–1982: Moore
1983–1986: Williams
1987–1993: T. Shaw
1994–1998: Brown
1999–2007: Buckley
2008: Burns
2009–: Maxwell

Coaches of the Footscray Football Club/Western Bulldogs

1925: McCarthy 1926: Saunders 1926: Cassidy 1927–1928: Scanlan 1929: Eason 1930: Hopkins 1931–1933: Cubbins 1934–1935: Morrison 1935–1937: Coventry 1937–1940: Kelly 1941–1942: Ware 1943–1946: Olliver 1947: Crowe 1948–1950: Olliver 1951–1957: Sutton 1951: McLaren 1952; 1953: Donald 1957–1966: Whitten 1959; 1960: Ryan 1961; 1962; 1964; 1966: Findlay 1967–1968: Sutton 1969–1971: Whitten 1972–1975: Rose 1976–1978: Goggin 1978–1979: McKenzie 1980–1982: Hart 1981: Goode 1982–1983: Hampshire 1984–1989: Malthouse 1990–1994: Wheeler 1994–1996: Joyce 1996–2002: Wallace 2002–2004: Rohde 2005–2011: Eade 2011: Williams 2012–: McCartney

Copeland Trophy • Collingwood Football Club Best and Fairest Winners

1927: S. Coventry
1928: H. Collier
1929: A. Collier
1930: H. Collier
1931: Rumney
1932: S. Coventry
1933: G. Coventry
1934: A. Collier
1935: A. Collier
1936: Regan
1937: Fothergill
1938: Fothergill
1939: Whelan
1940: Fothergill
1941: Murphy
1942: Panam
1946: Kyne
1947: Kyne
1948: Kyne
1949: Rose
1950: Utting
1951: Rose
1952: Rose
1953: Rose
1954: Mann
1955: Healey
1956: Twomey
1957: Weideman
1958: Merrett
1959: Merrett
1960: Gabelich
1961: Weideman
1962: Weideman
1963: Tuddenham
1964: Graham
1965: Steer
1966: Waters
1967: Thompson
1968: Thompson
1969: Price
1970: McKenna
1971: Richardson
1972: Thompson
1973: Thompson
1974: Richardson
1975: Carman
1976: Hyde
1977: Thompson
1978: R. Shaw/Picken
1979: Moore
1980: Moore
1981: Williams
1982: Daicos
1983: Picken
1984: T. Shaw
1985: Williams
1986: Fellowes
1987: Millane
1988: Daicos
1989: Brown
1990: T. Shaw
1991: Francis
1992: McGuane
1993: McGuane
1994: Buckley/Brown
1995: Rocca
1996: Buckley
1997: Brown
1998: Buckley
1999: Buckley
2000: Buckley
2001: Licuria
2002: Licuria
2003: Buckley
2004: Clement
2005: Clement
2006: Didak
2007: Cloke
2008: Swan
2009: Swan
2010: Swan
2011: Pendlebury
2012: Beams

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