Bruce Coulter
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| Born: | November 19, 1927 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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| Died: | June 5, 2018 (aged 90) |
| Career information | |
| CFL status | National |
| Position(s) | Defensive back Head coach |
| College | Toronto |
| Career history | |
| As coach | |
| 1958–1961 | McGill University |
| 1962–1990 | Bishop's University |
| As player | |
| 1947 | Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers |
| 1948–1957 | Montreal Alouettes |
| Honors | Grey Cup Champion - 1949 |
| Career stats | |
Bruce Coulter (November 19, 1927 – June 5, 2018)[1] was a Canadian football player and coach. He played ten seasons for the Montreal Alouettes, winning the Grey Cup in 1949.[2] He then went on to coach 29 seasons for the Bishop's Gaiters.[3] He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1997.[4]
Coulter was also a curler, and represented Quebec at the 1957 Macdonald Brier.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bishop's Gaiters football coaching legend Bruce Coulter dies at age 90".
- ^ CFLAPEDIA entry - Bruce Coulter
- ^ "UW's Tuffy a win away from record book The Record (Kitchener, Ont.) Christine Rivet, Oct 21, 1995". Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
- ^ Canadian Football Hall of Fame - Bruce Coulter
- ^ "Hopes Boom for Weldon". Montreal Star. March 4, 1957. p. 17. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
Categories:
- 1927 births
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- Players of Canadian football from Ontario
- Canadian football defensive backs
- Toronto Varsity Blues football players
- Montreal Alouettes players
- McGill Redbirds football coaches
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- Academic staff of Bishop's University
- Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductees
- Canadian football people from Toronto
- Ontario Rugby Football Union players
- Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers players
- Bishop's Gaiters football coaches
- Canadian football quarterbacks
- Canadian male curlers
- Curlers from Quebec
- 20th-century Canadian sportsmen