:Tex Coulter

{{Short description|American gridiron football player (1924–2007)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Tex Coulter

| image = Tex Coulter 1949.jpg

| caption = Coulter c. 1949

| number = 79, 60

| position = Tackle
Center
End

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|10|26|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2007|10|2|1924|10|26}}

| death_place = Austin, Texas, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lb = 250

| college = Texas A&M
Cornell
Army

| draftyear = 1947

| draftround = 1

| draftpick = 7

| pastteams =

• New York Giants ({{NFL Year|1946|1952}})
• Montreal Alouettes (1953-1956)

| highlights =

• 2× Pro Bowl (1951, 1952)
• 3× IRFU All Star (1953, 1954, 1955)
• Most Outstanding Lineman Award (1955)
• 2× National champion (1944, 1945)
• Consensus All-American (1945)
• Second-team All-American (1944)
• First-team All-Eastern (1945)

| statlabel1 = Receptions

| statvalue1 = 9

| statlabel2 = Receiving yards

| statvalue2 = 116

| statlabel3 = Touchdowns

| statvalue3 = 1

| pfr = CoulTe00

}}

DeWitt Echoles "Tex" Coulter (October 26, 1924 – October 2, 2007) was an American professional football player in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants and in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union for the Montreal Alouettes.[http://www.cflapedia.com/Players/c/coulter_tex.htm CFLAPEDIA entry – Tex Coulter] Coulter attended the United States Military Academy, where he played football and competed in the shot put.[http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=1296&Gender=M DeWitt Coulter]. trackfield.brinkster.net

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