Aubrey Alvin "Aub" Devine (November 21, 1897 – December 15, 1981) was an American football and basketball player, coach, and lawyer.
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.
[1][2] By 1910, Devine's family had moved to New Hope Township in Union County, Iowa, where his father was employed as a farmer.
[4] Devine attended West High School in Des Moines, where he and older brother Glenn were tenors in the glee club.
The Devine brothers led the West High School football team to an undefeated championship season in 1916.
He was considered a triple-threat man who AP sports editor Harry Grayson described as followsAubrey A. Devine did everything superlatively.
Iowa's first All-American ran, passed, punted for distance, was adept at quick-kicking, an accurate place-kicker, and his drop-kick snapped a Notre Dame winning streak in 1921.
Iowa had never defeated the Golden Gophers in a game played in Minnesota, but Devine led the Hawkeyes to a 9–6 victory at Northrop Field in Minneapolis.
[2] At the end of the 1919 season, Devine was selected as the first-team quarterback on several All-Big Ten Conference and All-Western teams.
Notre Dame's captain was Eddie Anderson, who later served as head football coach at Iowa for eight seasons between 1939 and 1949.
[12] Clark Shaughnessy called Devine's punt return at Purdue "one of the 12 greatest individual plays in the history of football".
[16] The victory over Northwestern capped a 7–0 final record, and secured Iowa's first Big Ten title in 20 years.
[9] Devine led the conference in scoring for the second time and was named first team All-Big Ten for the third straight year.
Devine was an assistant coach from 1925 to 1936 for the University of Southern California Trojans football team under Howard Jones.
[21] Devine left coaching for law school and became an attorney for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.