Legacy
After leaving Collingwood, Coventry coached Collegians in the VAFA for a number of years. Coventry kicked 1299 goals in VFL football, a record that stood for more than six decades. He was also the first player to play 300 VFL/AFL games.
In 1996, Coventry was an inaugural inductee of the Australian Football Hall of Fame and was elevated to "Legend" status two years later. In 1998 he was named at full forward in Collingwood's team of the century. The Gordon Coventry Trophy is awarded to Collingwood's leading goal kicker each year. The southern end of the Docklands Stadium is named the "Coventry end". When the Southern Stand at the MCG was built, a gate/entrance was named after Coventry (& brother Syd). In 2009, The Australian nominated Coventry as one of the 25 greatest footballers never to win a Brownlow Medal.
Coventry died in 1968 of heart disease at his property in Diamond Creek, survived by his wife and four children.
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