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Cec Cooper

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Cecil Wilfred Cooper (1925-1981) was a professional rugby league footballer and coach of the 1950s. A New South Wales representative centre, he captained and later coached the Canterbury-Bankstown club of the New South Wales Rugby Football League.[1] He is the brother of Australian international Lionel Cooper and fellow Canterbury-Bankstown player Reg Cooper. In 1953, when captain of his club, Cec Cooper suffered a fractured spine.[2]

References

  1. ^ Cec Cooper at thebulldogs.com.au
  2. ^ "Cec Cooper has fractured spine". The Sydney Morning Herald. Australia. 9 April 1953. p. 7. Retrieved 7 September 2010. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)