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.

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.[citation needed]

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 Archived 2011-09-29 at the Wayback Machine; accessed July 8, 2017.
  4. ^ Canada Basketball Hall of Fame; accessed January 17, 2018.

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Canada basketball squad – 1952 Summer Olympics – 9th place
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