John Devey

John Devey
Personal information
Full nameJohn Henry George Devey
Date of birth26 December 1866
Place of birthNewtown, Birmingham, England
Date of death11 October 1940 (aged 73)
Place of deathBirmingham, England
Playing positionStriker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
Wellington Road
Excelsior
Aston Unity
Aston Manor
1889West Bromwich Albion0(0)
1889–1891Mitchells St George's
1891–1902Aston Villa268(168)
Total268(168)
National team
1892–1894England2(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

John Henry George "Jack" Devey (26 December 1866 – 11 October 1940) was a football player.

Football career

Devey was born in Birmingham and signed for Aston Villa in March 1891; he would go on to become one of Aston Villa's greatest captains. A skilful inside right/centre-forward and an England international with 2 caps, he was exceptionally clever with head and feet in front of goal and a prolific goalscorer. He was the club's leading scorer in the Championship winning Villa side of 1893–94 season with 20 goals.

For eight years, Devey captained Aston Villa during which time they won the League championship five times between 1894 and 1900 and the FA Cup twice. Including the famous 'Double' in the 1896–97 season. Devey was also captain of the title chasing 1900 Villa team who suffered a surprise defeat in the F A Cup quarter finals by Southern League Millwall Athletic[1]

He retired in April 1902 and was an Aston Villa director for the next 32 years.

Cricket career

Jack Devey was also a Warwickshire cricketer from 1894 to 1907.

Family

He was one of five brothers who all played professional football, Ted and Will for Small Heath and John, Harry and Bob for Aston Villa. Another brother, Abel, was a cricketer with Staffordshire.[2]

Statistics

League: 268 matches - 168 goals

Cup: 38 matches - 18 goals

References

  1. ↑ Match report Aston Villa vs Millwall Athletic
  2. ↑ "Abel Devey". cricketarchive. Retrieved 1 March 2009.

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