34 Facts About Aubrey Devine

Aubrey Alvin "Aub" Devine was an American football and basketball player, coach, and lawyer.

Aubrey Devine was the quarterback for the University of Iowa Hawkeyes football team from 1919 to 1921.

Aubrey Devine was selected as a first-team All-Big Ten Conference player all three years at Iowa and was the consensus All-American quarterback in 1921.

Aubrey Devine later worked as an assistant football coach under Howard Jones at the University of Southern California.

Aubrey Devine was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1973.

Aubrey Devine's father, William Samuel Devine, was an Iowa native, and his mother, Elizabeth Victoria Foreman, was a Missouri native.

At the time of the 1900 United States census, Devine's father was employed as a teamster living in Des Moines, and Aubrey was the youngest among the nine children of William and Elizabeth.

Aubrey Devine attended West High School in Des Moines, where he and older brother Glenn were tenors in the glee club.

The Aubrey Devine brothers led the West High School football team to an undefeated championship season in 1916.

Aubrey Devine's education was interrupted in 1917 by "farm" service during World War I He served in the United States Marine Corps for a year during the war.

The brothers became starters on the 1919 Iowa Hawkeyes football team with Aubrey Devine at left halfback and Glenn at right halfback, becoming known for his "deceptive speed" and his ability to pass with precision while running.

Aubrey Devine played defensive back, punter, kicker, punt returner, and kick returner.

Aubrey Devine was considered a triple-threat man who AP sports editor Harry Grayson described as follows.

Aubrey Devine ran for a touchdown in the first half and kicked the game-winning, 27-yard field goal with second remaining in the game.

Iowa won four of its last five games in 1919, with Aubrey Devine accounting for all of Iowa's points in victories over Northwestern and Iowa State.

Aubrey Devine was teamed up with Gordon Locke, a fullback who powered the ball into the line, while Aubrey Devine used his speed to run the ball to the outside.

Aubrey Devine led the Big Ten in scoring in 1920 and was again selected as the first-team quarterback on several All-Big Ten and All-Western football teams.

Aubrey Devine was the team captain and starting quarterback of the undefeated 1921 Iowa football team.

Aubrey Devine threw a touchdown pass to Lester Belding in the second quarter and then kicked the extra point.

Aubrey Devine then returned a punt 30 yards "through the entire Purdue team" for the second touchdown, but missed the extra point.

Aubrey Devine passed for two touchdowns, rushed for four touchdowns, and kicked five extra points.

Aubrey Devine rushed for 162 yards, passed for 122 yards, and had 200 return yards on kicks, punts, and interceptions.

The next week against Indiana, Aubrey Devine rushed for 183 yards and four more touchdowns and passed for 102 yards before leaving the game in the third quarter.

Four minutes into the game, Aubrey Devine threw a pass to his brother Glenn, who ran for a touchdown and a 35-yard gain.

Aubrey Devine led the conference in scoring for the second time and was named first team All-Big Ten for the third straight year.

Aubrey Devine was a consensus first team All-American in 1921, the second in school history, following Belding in 1919.

Aubrey Devine earned nine varsity letters at Iowa, three each in football, basketball and track.

Aubrey Devine won a Big Ten Medal for excellence in athletics and academics.

Aubrey Devine was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1973 in the pioneer player category.

Aubrey Devine was one of 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.

Aubrey Devine was an assistant coach from 1925 to 1936 for the University of Southern California Trojans football team under Howard Jones.

Aubrey Devine began as the backfield coach and in 1926 took over as the coach of USC's freshman football team.

Aubrey Devine left coaching for law school and became an attorney for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.

Aubrey Devine retired in California and lived to be 84 years old.