Ernie Copland

Ernie Copland

Personal information
Full name	Ernest George Copland
Date of birth	(1923-10-14)14 October 1923
Place of birth	Montrose, Scotland
Date of death	December 1971(1971-12-00) (aged 48)
Place of death	Elizabeth, Australia
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1944–1948	Hillside United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1948	Montrose Roselea
1948–1950	Arbroath	15	(5)
1950–1951	Dundee	6	(3)
1951–1958	Raith Rovers	178	(105)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ernie Copland (14 October 1924 – December 1971) was a Scottish footballer who played for Arbroath, Dundee and Raith Rovers. He was selected for Scotland's 1954 FIFA World Cup squad, but did not travel to the finals and never actually played for the national side.

Although selected for the 22 man squad for the 1954 FIFA World Cup, the Scottish Football Association only budgeted to take 13 players (including only one goalkeeper) to the finals in Switzerland. Copland was one of the players who stayed at home on reserve, with the likes of Bobby Combe and Jimmy Binning.

Copland was chosen as reserve in the Scottish team for the World Cup qualifiers in 1957, and travelled to Basel (Switzerland), Stuttgart (Germany), and Madrid (Spain), but did not play.

Copland died Elizabeth, South Australia in December 1971, at the age of 47.