Career
He played in the American Professional Football League (which became the National Football League in 1922) with the Rock Island Independents, Cleveland Tigers and the New York Brickley Giants. Brickley"s New York Giants are not related to the modern-day New York Giants. Devlin attended and played college football at Holy Cross College.
He was captain of the 1917 squad.
Aside from football, he played first base for the school"s baseball team He left Holy Cross before the 1917 season.
He returned to college in 1920 to coach for Saint Ambrose University. While at Saint Ambrose, Devlin led the team to a 4–0–2 record.
He also served as the school"s basketball coach from 1919 to 1921.
