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{{Short description|American football player (1915–2003)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name        = Zed Coston
| number      = 23
| position    = [[Center (American football)|Center]]
| birth_date  = {{Birth date|1915|07|12}}
| birth_place = [[Dallas, Texas]], U.S.
| death_date  = {{Death date and age|2003|03|23|1915|07|12}}
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| height_ft   = 6
| height_in   = 2
| weight_lbs  = 222
| college     = [[Texas A&M Aggies football|Texas A&M]]
| draftyear   = 1939
| draftround  = 5
| draftpick   = 34
| pastteams   =
* [[Philadelphia Eagles]] ({{NFL Year|1939}})
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| pfr         = CostZe20
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'''Fred Monroe "Zed" Coston''' (July 12, 1915 – March 23, 2003) was an [[American football]] [[Center (gridiron football)|center]] who played one season in the [[National Football League]] (NFL).<ref>{{Cite web |title=1939 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1939/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>
Coston attended [[Crozier Tech High School]] and was an all-state [[Center (gridiron football)|center]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-angelo-morning-times/150386362/|newspaper=[[San Angelo Morning Times]]|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=December 28, 1933|page=3|title=Top O' Morn Stuff|author=Cross, Blondy}} {{Open access}}</ref> ''[[D Magazine]]'' later selected him to their all-time All-Dallas high school football team.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/1981/november/sports-gridiron-greats/|newspaper=[[D Magazine]]|title=SPORTS GRIDIRON GREATS|date=November 1, 1981|author=Peeler, Tom}}</ref> After playing [[college football]] for the [[Texas A&M Aggies football|Texas A&M Aggies]] for three years, he was drafted into the [[National Football League|NFL]] by the [[Philadelphia Eagles]] in 1939.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/bryan-college-station-eagle/150386488/|newspaper=[[Bryan-College Station Eagle]]|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=March 27, 1939|page=2|title=Untitled}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/times-herald/150386611/|newspaper=[[Washington Times-Herald]]|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=March 22, 1939|page=28|title=Texas Grid Ace Signs With Eagles}} {{Open access}}</ref> He played one game.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/players/c/cost02000.html|website=Pro Football Archives|title=Zed Coston Stats}}</ref> He died in 2003.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://obits.dallasnews.com/us/obituaries/dallasmorningnews/name/fred-coston-obituary?id=28206920|newspaper=[[Dallas Morning News]]|via=[[Legacy.com]]|title=Fred M. Coston Sr.|date=March 24, 2003}}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:1915 births]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Dallas]]
[[Category:Texas A&M Aggies football players]]
[[Category:Philadelphia Eagles players]]
[[Category:2003 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]
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