Australian rules footballer
| Gordon Coulter | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | George Gordon Coulter | ||
| Date of birth | (1898-10-05)5 October 1898 | ||
| Place of birth | Albert Park, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 14 November 1971(1971-11-14) (aged 73) | ||
| Place of death | Toorak, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Queens College / Middle Park | ||
| Playing career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1919 | Melbourne | 8 (2) | |
| Playing statistics correct to the end of 1919. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Gordon Coulter (5 October 1898 – 14 November 1971) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Coulter was the originator of the 1930 Coulter Law, which prescribed a maximum payer to VFL players, a racehorse owner, a leading Melbourne golfer, a director of Carlton and United Breweries and the City Mutual Life Assurance Society, and was elected to the Melbourne Council in 1951.
Notes
- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 182. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
- Sporting Globe, "And Now He's Cr. Coulter", 21 March 1951, p. 11.
External links
- Gordon Coulter's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Gordon Coulter at AustralianFootball.com
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