Honors
Devine was more than just a great football player. He earned nine varsity letters, as he was a three-time letter winner in basketball and track as well as football. He also won the Big Ten Medal for excellence in athletics and academics.
After graduation, Aubrey Devine coached basketball in 1924 and 1925 at the University of Denver. Devine was an assistant football coach from 1925-1936 at Southern California under Howard Jones. Devine left coaching for law school and eventually became an attorney for the Veteran's Administration. He retired in California and lived to be 94 years old.
Devine was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1973. In 1989, Iowa fans selected an all-time University of Iowa football team during the 100th anniversary celebration of Iowa football, and Aubrey Devine was selected to the offensive backfield. Devine was one of just five football players inducted into the Iowa Sports Hall of Fame in the Hall's inaugural year in 1951, joining Nile Kinnick, Duke Slater, Jay Berwanger, and Elmer Layden. In 1999, Sports Illustrated selected Aubrey Devine as the 15th greatest sports figure in the history of the state of Iowa.
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