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Darrell Tully
No. 4
Position:	Back
Personal information
Born:	December 14, 1917; Henryetta, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died:	February 4, 1997 (aged 79); Harris County, Texas, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:	200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school:	Eastland ; ( Eastland, Texas)
College:	East Texas
NFL draft:	1939 / Round: 7 / Pick: 57
Career history
	Detroit Lions ( 1939);
Career highlights and awards
	First-team Little All-American ( 1938);
Career NFL statistics
Passing yards:
Passing yards:	356
Passing touchdowns:	2
Interceptions:	13
Rushing yards:	50
Rushing touchdowns:	1
	Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

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]

References

^ "1939 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
^ "Spring Branch ISD Facilities". Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved October 3, 2007.

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