:Darrell Tully

{{Short description|American football player and coach (1917–1997)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Darrell Tully

| number = 4

| position = Back

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1917|12|14}}

| birth_place = Henryetta, Oklahoma, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1997|2|4|1917|12|14}}

| death_place = Harris County, Texas, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 200

| high_school = Eastland
(Eastland, Texas)

| college = East Texas

| draftyear = 1939

| draftround = 7

| draftpick = 57

| pastteams =

• Detroit Lions ({{NFL Year|1939}})

| highlights =

• First-team Little All-American (1938)

| statlabel1 = Passing yards

| statvalue1 = 356

| statlabel2 = TD-INT

| statvalue2 = 2-13

| statlabel3 = Passer rating

| statvalue3 = 16.2

| statlabel4 = Rushing yards

| statvalue4 = 50

| statlabel5 = Rushing touchdowns

| statvalue5 = 1

| pfr = TullDa20

}}

Darrell Dean Tully (December 14, 1917 – February 4, 1997) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at East Texas. A seventh round selection in the 1939 NFL draft, Tully played one season for the Detroit Lions.{{Cite web |title=1939 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1939/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} Tully was head football coach and athletic director at Spring Branch High School from 1957 until 1964. In 1964 Tully became full-time athletic director for the Spring Branch Independent School District and remained in that capacity until his retirement in 1978. The 15,000-capacity Darrell Tully Stadium in Houston, Texas is named in his honor.{{Cite web |url=http://www.springbranchisd.com/admin/athletics/facilities/tully.htm |title=Spring Branch ISD Facilities |access-date=October 3, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071005203332/http://www.springbranchisd.com/admin/athletics/facilities/tully.htm |archive-date=October 5, 2007 |url-status=dead }}

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