Tom Boisture

{{Short description|American football player and coach (1931–2011)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1931|3|23}}

| birth_place = Detroit, Michigan, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|3|11|1931|3|23}}

| death_place = Little Ferry, New Jersey, U.S.

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| player_team1 = Mississippi State

| player_positions = Guard

| coach_years1 = 1962–1965

| coach_team1 = Houston (assistant)

| coach_years2 = 1966

| coach_team2 = Holy Cross (assistant)

| coach_years3 = 1967–1968

| coach_team3 = Holy Cross

| coach_years4 = 1969

| coach_team4 = Tulsa (assistant)

| overall_record = 8–11–1 (college)

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Thomas C. Boisture (March 23, 1931 – March 11, 2011){{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/blog/new-york/giants/post/_/id/4275/tom-boisture-passes-away-at-79 |title=Tom Boisture, former Giants Director of Player Personnel, passes away at 79 - New York Giants Blog- ESPN |website=Espn.go.com |date=March 11, 2011 |access-date=May 5, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.grossepointenews.com/Obituary-38454.114135-Thomas-C-Boisture.html |title=Thomas C. Boisture Obituary |website=Grossepointenews.com |date=March 11, 2011 |accessdate=May 5, 2016}} was an American football high school and college coach, a National Football League (NFL) scout, and the head of player personnel for the New York Giants.

Before joining the Giants, Boisture was a scout for the New England Patriots from 1970 to 1979.

He became the Director of Player Personnel for the New York Giants in 1980 and was named Vice President of Player Personnel in 1998. He retired in 2000.{{cite web|url=http://www.giants.com/news-and-blogs/article-1/Former-Personnel-Director-Passes-Away/D93E624E-70C4-41D1-0000-15A01A6E86BF |title=Former Personnel Director Passes Away |website=Giants.com |date= |accessdate=2016-05-05}}

Super Bowl

Boisture was a member of the 1986 Super Bowl and 1990 Super Bowl winning Giants.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/giants/giants-tom-boisture-dies-age-79-blog-entry-1.1655801|title = Giants' Tom Boisture dies at age 79|website = New York Daily News}}

Giants like Lawrence Taylor, Mark Bavaro, Carl Banks, Michael Strahan and Amani Toomer were among the players who helped the Giants reach four Super Bowls during Boisture's tenure.{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/blog/new-york/giants/post/_/id/4275/tom-boisture-passes-away-at-79|title = Tom Boisture, former Giants Director of Player Personnel, passes away at 79|date = 11 March 2011}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/nyg/|title = New York Giants Team Encyclopedia|website = Pro-Football-Reference.com}}

Coaching

Boisture began his coaching career at Austin Catholic Preparatory School in Detroit before becoming the head football coach at St. Ambrose High School in Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan.{{cite web |url=http://deathnotices.michigan.com/view-single.php?id=262309 |title=THOMAS C. BOISTURE Obituary » Michigan Death Notices » from Michigan.com . . . |website=deathnotices.michigan.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603015811/http://deathnotices.michigan.com/view-single.php?id=262309 |archive-date=2016-06-03}}

Boisture then became an assistant coach at the University of Tulsa and then at the University of Houston.{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19670313&id=AjAoAAAAIBAJ&sjid=llcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4916,2328104&hl=en|title = The Evening Independent - Google News Archive Search}}

He was the head football coach at the College of the Holy Cross from 1967 to 1968, compiling an 8–11–1 record as head coach.{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19671201&id=w81NAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RooDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7255,3286117&hl=en|title=The Free Lance-Star - Google News Archive Search}}

Early years

Boisture was a star football player at Holy Redeemer High School in Detroit, Michigan.{{cite web |url=http://deathnotices.michigan.com/view-single.php?id=262309 |title=THOMAS C. BOISTURE Obituary » Michigan Death Notices » from Michigan.com . . . |website=deathnotices.michigan.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603015811/http://deathnotices.michigan.com/view-single.php?id=262309 |archive-date=2016-06-03}} He went on to play college football for Mississippi State University.

He was the younger brother of Dan Boisture, who served as head football coach at Eastern Michigan University from 1967 to 1973.

Personal life

A resident of Little Ferry, New Jersey, Boisture died of myelofibrosis on March 11, 2011.Levin, Jay. [http://www.northjersey.com/news/retired-giants-executive-thomas-boisture-of-little-ferry-dead-at-79-1.1170478 "Retired Giants executive Thomas Boisture of Little Ferry dead at 79"], The Record (Bergen County), March 17, 2011. Accessed May 12, 2016. "Tom Boisture never made a tackle or caught a pass for the Giants but he wore a Super Bowl XXI ring on his left hand and a Super Bowl XXV ring on his right. The Little Ferry resident, who died last Friday at 79, headed the Giants’ player personnel for 20 years."