Vin Coutie

{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}

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{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Vin Coutie

| image = Vin Coutie (before 1911).jpg

| alt =

| caption = Coutie before or during 1911, seen here doing a place kick, a skill made entirely obsolete by the mid-20th century

| fullname = Arthur Vincent Coutie{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23070293 |title=Former Demon captain dead. |newspaper=The Argus |location=Melbourne, Victoria |date=19 June 1951 |page=9}}

| birth_date = 28 October 1881

| birth_place = South Melbourne, Victoria

| death_date = {{death date and age|1951|6|17|1881|10|28|df=yes}}

| death_place = Sandringham, Victoria

| originalteam = Leopold

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| statsend = 1911

| years1 = 1901–1911

| club1 = {{AFL Mel}}

| games_goals1 = 152 (212)

| careerhighlights = *Melbourne leading goalkicker: 1903, 1904, 1908

• VFL leading goalkicker: 1904
• Melbourne captain: 1907, 1910–1911

}}

Arthur Vincent "Vin" Coutie (28 October 1881 – 17 June 1951) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the early 1900s.

A forward, Coutie topped the VFL's goalkicking in 1904 with 39 goals and became the first Melbourne player to achieve this distinction. Coutie was also the leading goalkicker at Melbourne in 1903 and 1908. He twice kicked eight goals in a game in his career, firstly in 1904 against Geelong and again in 1908 against St Kilda.

Coutie was a Victorian interstate representative in 1903 and 1904. He captained Melbourne in 1907 before being given the job again for the 1910 and 1911 seasons.