{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Terry De Koning | image = | fullname = Terry De Koning | nickname = TDK | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|05|10|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | originalteam = Doveton | height = 196 cm | weight = 96 kg | position = Bench | statsend = 1982 | years1 = 1980–82 | club1 = {{AFL Foo}} | games_goals1 = 31 (2) | careerhighlights = }}
'''Terry De Koning''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|oʊ|n|ɪ|ŋ}} {{respell|KOH|ning}};<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.afl.com.au/video/730128/how-to-say-the-afl-s-trickiest-names|title=How to say the AFL's trickiest names|publisher=Australian Football League|date=30 March 2022|access-date=30 September 2022}}</ref> born 10 May 1961) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).<ref name=encyc>{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2014 |edition=10th |isbn=978-1-921496-32-5 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=216}}</ref>
==VFL career==
At 196 cm Terry De Koning was always going to be a ruckman. He spent three years at Footscray under the coaching of Royce Hart. He played 31 games and kicked two goals.
==Personal==
One son Tom has played 100 games for {{AFL Car}} while his younger son Sam has played in a Geelong premiership side.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/2018-08-23/my-boy-tom-terry-de-koning-tells|title=My boy Tom – Terry De Koning tells|last=De Bolfo|first=Tony|date=2018-08-23|work=carltonfc.com.au|access-date=2018-09-01}}</ref> In 2025 De Koning won the AUD20,000 jackpot prize in the Australian version of game show Tipping Point.
He is a former PE Teacher at St Bedes College Mentone and St Augustine’s School Frankston South
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== External links == *{{AFL Tables|ref=T/Terry_De_Koning}} *{{AustralianFootball|ref=terry%2Bde%2Bkonning/11433}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:De Koning, Terry}} Category:Living people Category:1961 births Category:Australian people of Dutch descent Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Category:Western Bulldogs players Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen