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Key Facts

Full name
Terry Devery

Known as
Terry Devery

Born
22 March 1938 (age 87)

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 21y 27d
Last game: 23y 24d

Height and weight
Height: 170 cm
Weight: 76 kg

Senior clubs
Footscray; Morningside; North Ballarat

Jumper numbers
Footscray: 2

Recruited from
Box Hill (1959); Footscray (1962); Morningside (1966)

Terry Devery

Advanced stats
Club
League
Career span
Games
Goals
Avg
Win %
AKI
AHB
AMK
BV
FootscrayV/AFL1959-196131280.9032%———5
MorningsideQAFL1962-1965————————
North BallaratVFL1966-1968————————
Total1959-196831280.90—————

AFL: 6,986th player to appear, 5,515th most games played, 3,123rd most goals kickedFootscray: 461st player to appear, 372nd most games played, 211th most goals kicked

Terry Devery was a match-winning rover, originally from Box Hill, who joined Morningside after playing 31 VFL games with Footscray from 1957 to 1961. Captain-coach of the Panthers from 1962 to 1965, he led them to their first final series in 1963 and 1964, culminating in their first premiership in 1965. He formed an awesome combination with ruck giant Terry Johnston and this combination was instrumental in dragging the Panthers out of the doldrums.

Runner-up in the Grogan Medal in 1962, Devery played six games for Queensland, and was regularly among the Maroons' best. He was named captain of the Morningside 'Team of the Half Century' announced in 2001. Devery also captain-coached North Ballarat for three seasons from 1966 to 1968.

Author - Murray Bird and Peter Blucher

Sources

Full Points Footy Publications

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.