Darrell Tully
Position: | Halfback | ||||||
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Born: | Henryetta, Oklahoma | December 14, 1917||||||
Died: | February 4, 1997 Harris County, Texas | (aged 79)||||||
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College: | East Texas State | ||||||
NFL Draft: | 1939 / Round: 7 / Pick: 57 | ||||||
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Darrell Dean Tully (December 14, 1917 – February 4, 1997) was an American football player and coach. He graduated from Eastland High School in 1935 and went on to play at East Texas State. A seventh round selection in the 1939 NFL Draft, Tully played one season for the Detroit Lions. Tully was head football coach and athletic director at Spring Branch High School from 1957 until 1964. In 1964 Tully became full-time athletic director for the Spring Branch Independent School District and remained in that capacity until his retirement in 1978. The 15,000-capacity in Houston, Texas is named in his honor.[1]
Tully Stadium
References[]
- ^ "Spring Branch ISD Facilities". Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved October 3, 2007.
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- American football running back, 1910s birth stubs