Bruce Coulter Explained

Bruce Coulter
Birth Date:19 November 1927
Birth Place:Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Number:65
Import:no
Position1:Defensive back
Head coach
College:Toronto
Coaching Years1:1958–1961
Coaching Team1:McGill University
Coaching Years2:1962–1990
Coaching Team2:Bishop's University
Playing Years1:1947
Playing Team1:Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers
Playing Years2:1948–1957
Playing Team2:Montreal Alouettes
Honors:Grey Cup Champion - 1949
Cfhof:bruce-coulter
Cfhofyear:1997

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bishop's Gaiters football coaching legend Bruce Coulter dies at age 90.
  2. http://www.cflapedia.com/Players/c/coulter_bruce.htm CFLAPEDIA entry - Bruce Coulter
  3. Web site: UW's Tuffy a win away from record book The Record (Kitchener, Ont.) Christine Rivet, Oct 21, 1995 . July 5, 2017 . March 6, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160306200738/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/doc/275409927.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS%3AFT&type=current&date=Oct%2021%2C%201995&author=Christine%20Rivet&pub=Waterloo%20Region%20Record&edition=&startpage=&desc=UW%27s%20Tuffy%20a%20win%20away%20from%20record%20book . dead .
  4. http://www.cfhof.ca/members/bruce-coulter/ Canadian Football Hall of Fame - Bruce Coulter
  5. News: Hopes Boom for Weldon. March 4, 1957. 17. Montreal Star. May 6, 2022.