Cec Cooper
Personal information
Full nameCecil James Cooper
Born(1926-02-21)21 February 1926
Rylstone, New South Wales, Australia
Died14 June 2010(2010-06-14) (aged 84)
Playing information
PositionCentre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1949–56 Canterbury-Bankstown 79 29 0 0 87
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1955 Queensland 1 0 1 0 2
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
195859 Canterbury-Bankstown 36 9 2 25 25

Cecil James Cooper (21 February 1926 – 14 June 2010) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s, and coached in the 1950s.[1]

A New South Wales representative centre, he captained and later coached the Canterbury-Bankstown club of the New South Wales Rugby Football League.[2] He is the brother of Australian international Lionel Cooper and fellow Canterbury-Bankstown players Col Cooper and Reg Cooper. In 1953, when captain of his club, Cec Cooper suffered a fractured spine.[3]

Cooper died on 14 June 2010, at the age of 84.[4]

References

  1. "Cec Cooper". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  2. Cec Cooper at thebulldogs.com.au
  3. "Cec Cooper has fractured spine". The Sydney Morning Herald. Australia. 9 April 1953. p. 7. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
  4. "Cecil James Cooper gravesite, Rylstone, Mid-Western Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia". Retrieved 12 March 2023.


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