Joseph Robert Coulter (1913–2006) was a

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player,

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, and

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. Coulter played football at the

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(1933-1935), becoming team captain and winning the first

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in 1935. He went on to play

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for the

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in their 1936, 1940 & 1941 seasons. Coulter earned an honours B.A. in English from the University of Toronto in 1935, his teachers' certificate a year later, and then taught English, History and Physical Education at North Toronto Collegiate Institute from 1936 to 1954. During the

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(1942-1945) he enlisted as a pilot and became a Flying Officer earning his

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. From 1954-1958 Coulter taught English and French and was head of U of T's Extension Department responsible for the emerging field of adult education. In 1958 Coulter was appointed Headmaster of St. Andrew's College (Aurora, Ontario) where he served until his retirement in 1974. The college's Coulter Hall was named in his honour. In 1972

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conferred an honorary Doctor of Letters upon Coulter. He died July 12, 2006, in

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External links

University of Toronto Sports Hall of Fame Dr. J. Robert Coulter Scholarship, St Andrews College, Aurora
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