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Position: | Back | ||||||||||||
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Born: | Henryetta, Oklahoma, U.S. | December 14, 1917||||||||||||
Died: | February 4, 1997 Harris County, Texas, U.S. | (aged 79)||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||||||
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High school: | Eastland (Eastland, Texas) | ||||||||||||
College: | East Texas | ||||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1939 / round: 7 / pick: 57 | ||||||||||||
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Darrell Dean Tully (December 14, 1917 – February 4, 1997) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at East Texas. A seventh round selection in the 1939 NFL draft, Tully played one season for the Detroit Lions.[1] 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 Darrell Tully Stadium in Houston, Texas is named in his honor.[2]