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Henry Frederick "Harry" Coy (4 February 1900 – 17 July 1962) was an
Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
er who played for
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in the
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(VFL) during the 1920s. Coy, who started his career at
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in 1919, was signed up by Melbourne after two
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(VFA) seasons. He became Melbourne's full-back and was an important player in the 1926 premiership team. In the 1926 Grand Final, Coy kept Collingwood's
Gordon Coventry Gordon Richard James Coventry (25 September 1901 – 7 November 1968) was a former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Accorded "Legend" status in the Australian Footb ...
to just two goals, despite the forward having kicked 81 goals for the year leading into the game.


References

*Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.


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* * 1900 births Melbourne Football Club players Port Melbourne Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Melbourne 1962 deaths People educated at Scotch College, Melbourne Melbourne Football Club Premiership players One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players People from East Melbourne {{AFL-bio-1900-stub