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Thomas Coulter was born the youngest of three boys in Winnipeg, Manitoba on April 21st, 1911.
Like many kids, Tom played on any frozen surface he could find and played organized hockey in high
school, winning the Senior School Series Hockey Championship with
St-John's College in 1927.
Tom's oldest brother David, who won titles in amateur boxing and wrestling and was the runner-up
in the heavy weight boxing championships for the 1928 Olympics, had found his way
to Pittsburgh. Shortly thereafter he convinced his father that more opportunities existed for the family's
automotive and hardware business in Pennsylvania. The whole family was moved to Pittsburgh, where Tom
completed high-school and began college at Carnegie Tech.
While at Carnegie Tech., Tom was the captain of the track and field team and set several records and
had the 29th best time in the world in 1931.
Although he had lived in the United States for many years, he was still a Canadian citizen,
and decided to return to Manitoba in the summer of 1932 to compete in the Canadian Championships,
where he won the 440 meter hurdle event, winning him a spot on the 1932 Canadian Olympic Team which went
on to compete at the 1932 summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Fond memories are all Tom would bring back from
the games. Having knocked down four hurdles, he was automatically disqualified.
If that wasn't enough, Coulter also played as a halfback on the Carnegie football team.
With his engineering degree completed his, Tom wasn't sure if he was ready
to look for work, and was very interested in going to graduate school. He met with his mentor who urged
him to consider the University of Chicago, as it had a very good business program.
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