Coulter Field is a
multi-purpose stadium at the
Bishop's University in
Lennoxville,
Quebec. It is home to the
Bishop's Gaiters rugby,
soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
, and
football
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varsity teams. Coulter Field has a fixed
seating capacity of 2,200.
The field is named for
Bruce Coulter
Bruce Coulter (November 19, 1927 – June 5, 2018) was a Canadian football player and coach. He played ten seasons for the Montreal Alouettes, winning the Grey Cup in 1949. He then went on to coach 29 seasons for the Bishop's Gaiters
The Bisho ...
, who was the football team's
head coach from 1962 to 1990 and is a member of the
Canadian Football Hall of Fame
The Canadian Football Hall of Fame (CFHOF) is a not-for-profit corporation, located in Hamilton, Ontario, that celebrates great achievements in Canadian football. It is maintained by the Canadian Football League (CFL). It includes displays about t ...
. Coulter Field is also used by the
Montreal Alouettes of the
Canadian Football League as a practice facility.
Bruce Coulter Hall of Fame profile
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References
Soccer venues in Quebec
Sports venues in Sherbrooke
Canadian football venues in Quebec
Multi-purpose stadiums in Quebec
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