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Sport(s)
  
Football

1966
  
Holy Cross (assistant)

1969
  
Tulsa (assistant)

Position
  
Guard

1962–1965
  
Houston (assistant)

1967–1968
  
Overall
  
8–11–1

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Born
  
March 23, 1931Detroit, Michigan (
1931-03-23
)

Died
  
11 March 2011, Little Ferry, New Jersey, United States

Thomas C. Boisture (March 23, 1931 – March 11, 2011) was an American football high school and college coach, an National Football League (NFL) scout, and the head of player personnel for the New York Giants.

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Before joining the Giants, Boisture was a scout for the New England Patriots from 1970 to 1979.

He became the Director of Player Personnel for the New York Giants in 1980 and was named Vice President of Player Personnel in 1998. He retired in 2000.

Super Bowl

Boisture was a member of the 1986 Super Bowl and 1990 Super Bowl winning Giants.

Giants like Lawrence Taylor, Mark Bavaro, Carl Banks, Michael Strahan and Amani Toomer were among the players who helped the Giants reach four Super Bowls during Boisture's tenure.

Coaching

Boisture began his coaching career at Austin Catholic Preparatory School in Detroit before becoming the head football coach at St. Ambrose High School in Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan.

Boisture then became an assistant coach at the University of Tulsa and then at the University of Houston.

He was the head football coach at the College of the Holy Cross from 1967 to 1968, compiling an 8–11–1 record as head coach.

Early years

Boisture was a star football player at Holy Redeemer High School in Detroit, Michigan. He went on to play college football for Mississippi State University.

He was the younger brother of Dan Boisture, a former college head football coach at Eastern Michigan University.

Personal life

A resident of Little Ferry, New Jersey, Boisture died of myelofibrosis on March 11, 2011.

References

Tom Boisture Wikipedia


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