Walter Coulter
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Walter McFarlane Coulter[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1891 | ||
| Place of birth | West Indies | ||
| Date of death | 20 May 1917 (aged 25–26)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Pas-de-Calais, France | ||
| Playing position | Right half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1913 | Queen's Park | 1 | (0) |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Walter McFarlane Coulter MC (1891 – 20 May 1917) was a Scottish amateur football right half who played in the Scottish League for Queen's Park.[2][3]
Personal life
Coulter served as a captain in the Highland Light Infantry during the First World War and was killed in France on 20 May 1917.[2] Two months previously, he had won the Military Cross for "conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty".[4] He is commemorated on the Arras Memorial.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Manchester, Reading Room. "Casualty Details". Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- 1 2 http://www.edinburghs-war.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/pdf_Season_1916-1917_(Fell).pdf
- ↑ "QPFC.com - A Historical Queen's Park FC Website". www.qpfc.com. Retrieved 2016-09-16.
- ↑ "Walter McFarlane Coulter | Service Record | Football and the First World War". Retrieved 2016-09-16.
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