Henry Herbert Coulter (3 December 1898 — 13 July 1965) was an Irish international rugby union player.
| Full name | Henry Herbert Coulter | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 3 December 1898 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Glastry, County Down, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 13 July 1965 (aged 66) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Bristol, England | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Methodist College Belfast | ||||||||||||||||
| University | Queen's University Belfast | ||||||||||||||||
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The son of a Methodist minister, Coulter was born in Glastry, County Down, and attended Methodist College Belfast.[1]
Coulter played on the varsity team at Queen's University during his medical studies and was capped three times as a hooker for Ireland, against England, Scotland and Wales in the 1920 Five Nations Championship.[1]
Moving to England, Coulter practised medicine in Bristol for the last 27 years of his medical career.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Obituary". Belfast News-Letter. 23 July 1965.
- ^ "Funeral of Dr. Coulter". Bristol Evening Post. 16 July 1965.
External links
edit- Henry Coulter at ESPNscrum