He also played for Port Melbourne and coached Sunshine in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).
[1] He won the league's "C Grade" best and fairest award in 1947 and soon after represented a combined district team against Footscray and made enough of an impression to be recruited by the VFL club.
[2][3] A centreman, Storey played five games for Footscray in the 1948 VFL season, with his debut coming against Hawthorn in round 14.
[6][7] Storey won Port Melbourne's best and fairest in his first season, which ended in the disappointment of a grand final loss, to Oakleigh.
[8][9] Port Melbourne were runners up again in 1951 and 1952, before triumphing in 1953, when they defeated Yarraville by 60 points in the grand final, with Storey as centreman.