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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 Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
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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Soccer venues in Quebec Sports venues in Sherbrooke Canadian football venues in Quebec Multi-purpose stadiums in Quebec {{Canada-sports-venue-stub