Gordon Coulter (5 October 1898 – 14 November 1971) was a former

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er who played with

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in the

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(VFL). Coulter was the originator of the 1930

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, which prescribed a maximum payer to VFL players, a racehorse owner, a leading Melbourne golfer, a director of

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and the City Mutual Life Assurance Society, and was elected to the Melbourne Council in 1951.''Sporting Globe'', "And Now He's Cr. Coulter", 21 March 1951, p. 11.

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* * 1898 births Australian rules footballers from Melbourne Melbourne Football Club players 1971 deaths People from Albert Park, Victoria Politicians from Melbourne {{AFL-bio-1898-stub