Devonport Hockey teams play in the North and North West Hockey roster of Hockey Tasmania.
Devonport Warriors are a basketball team in the North West Basketball Union.
The Devonport Golf Club has been home to the Tasmanian Open and Tasmanian Seniors Open.
The Devonport Harness Racing Club holds harness racing events at the Devonport Showgrounds.
The Devonport Cup a horse race is held annually in January at the Spreyton racecourse. There is a gazetted local holiday for the event.
Power Boat racing takes place at the Devonport Annual Regatta held each March long weekend. The Regatta was first held in 1958.
The Splash Devonport Aquatic and Leisure Centre has a world class gym and indoor swimming pool and is based within the Don Reserve.
The Devonport Tennis Club and East Devonport Tennis Club play in the Tennis North West Association.
Notable players that went on to play in the VFL/AFL:
Phil Maloney
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Maloney was born in Ottawa, Ontario. He died on February 21, 2020, at the age of 92.
Lower Burrell, Pennsylvania
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A.P. Indy
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A.P. Indy was foaled at Lane's End Farm in Versailles, Kentucky. He died at his birthplace on February 21, 2020. He was 31.
Diana Garrigosa
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Garrigosa was born in Barcelona. She married Maragall in 1965. On 10 February 2020, Garrigosa died due to a heart attack in Barcelona. She was 75.
Manuel Pinto da Costa
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Pinto da Costa was born in Água Grande. He was educated in East Germany.
David Gulpilil
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Gulpilil was born in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. He has been married twice. He currently has lung cancer.
Kevin Jonas
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In 2009, he married businesswoman Danielle Deleasa. They have two children.
Stan Walker
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Walker was born in Melbourne, Victoria. He grew up in Mount Maunganui, New Zealand. He is Māori. In 2017, he was diagnosed with stomach cancer.
Diana Gordon (singer)
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Carolyn McCarthy
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McCarthy was born in Brooklyn, New York City and grew up in Mineola, New York. She was married to Dennis McCarthy from 1967 until his murder in 1993. In 2013, it was reported she had been diagnosed with lung cancer.
Ron Wright (politician)
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Wright was born in Jacksonville, Texas. In 2019, he reported he had been diagnosed with lung cancer. On February 7, 2021, Wright died of COVID-19 at the age of 67 in Dallas. He was the first sitting member of Congress to die due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.
Faces (band)
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The Faces have released four studio albums and have toured in autumn 1975.
Maryan Plakhetko
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Plakhetko died in Moscow on 22 February 2020 at the age of 74.
Peter Nixon
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