He is the Grandson of English convict James Everett (1814 - 1893) who was transported to Western Australia for his part in a criminal gang in Coggeshall.
[3] Recruited from the Junior team, Perth Central, Everett made his Western Australian Football Association (WAFA) debut in 1901, at the age of 17.
He was a member of West Perth's 1905 premiership team, won through a grand final replay, as a centre-half back.
Everett was in the side as a right-arm fast-medium bowler but couldn't take a wicket, finishing with figures of 0/48 off 13 overs in the only innings Western Australia bowled.
[9] Everett enlisted in the First AIF on 6 October 1915, and he served with the 44th Battalion and fought on the Western Front.