Bill Coulthard

William Sanderson Coulthard (December 29, 1923 – December 18, 2005)[1] was a Canadian basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.[2] He was born in Buffalo, New York.

For the English footballer, see Billy Coulthard.

Coulthard was a member of the Tillsonburg Livingstons basketball team which won the Senior Canadian Championships in 1952 and made up the bulk of the 1952 Canadian Olympic basketball team in Helsinki.[3] The Canadian basketball team was eliminated after the group stage in the 1952 tournament. He played all six matches.

In 2013, he was inducted into the Canada Basketball Hall of Fame.[4]

References
  1. Profile Archived 2012-11-04 at the Wayback Machine, sports-reference.com; retrieved January 24, 2011.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bill Coulthard Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  3. University of Windsor Alumni Sports Hall of Fame; accessed July 8, 2017.
  4. Canada Basketball Hall of Fame; accessed January 17, 2018.


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