Ken Cooper (American football guard)
Appearance
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Position: | Guard |
Personal information | |
Born: | Rogersville, Alabama, U.S. | February 26, 1923
Died: | November 2, 1997 Bexar County, Texas, U.S. | (aged 74)
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Weight: | 205 lb (93 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Lauderdale County (Rogersville, Alabama) |
College: | Vanderbilt |
NFL draft: | 1949 / round: 15 / pick: 143 Redrafted 1951, 10th round, 115th overall after termination of Colts franchise. |
Career history | |
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Career highlights and awards | |
Stats at Pro Football Reference |
Kenneth Rousseau Cooper (February 26, 1923 – November 2, 1997) was an American football player and coach. He played professionally as a guard for two seasons with the Baltimore Colts of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and the National Football League (NFL).[1][2] Cooper served as the head football coach at Austin Peay State College—now known as Austin Peay State University—in Clarksville, Tennessee from 1955 to 1957, compiling a record of 11–19–1.
Head coaching record
[edit]Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Austin Peay Governors (Volunteer State Athletic Conference) (1955–1957) | |||||||||
1955 | Austin Peay | 2–7–1 | |||||||
1956 | Austin Peay | 5–6 | |||||||
1957 | Austin Peay | 4–6 | |||||||
Austin Peay: | 11–19–1 | ||||||||
Total: | 11–19–1 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Ken Cooper". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved August 14, 2011.
- ^ "Ken Cooper". National Football League. Retrieved August 14, 2011.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference
- Ken Cooper at Find a Grave
Categories:
- 1923 births
- 1997 deaths
- American football guards
- Austin Peay Governors football coaches
- Baltimore Colts (1947–1950) players
- Vanderbilt Commodores football players
- People from Rogersville, Alabama
- Coaches of American football from Alabama
- Players of American football from Alabama
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American football offensive lineman, 1920s birth stubs