Royal Copeland (Canadian football)

This article is about the Canadian football player. For the U.S. Senator, see Royal S. Copeland.

Royal Copeland

Date of birth	(1924-10-12)October 12, 1924
Place of birth	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date of death	August 8, 2011(2011-08-08) (aged 86)
Place of death	Oxnard, California, United States
Career information
Position(s)	RB
US college	Humber College
Career history
As player
1943–1944	Toronto HMCS York Bulldogs
1945–1949	Toronto Argonauts
1950–1951	Calgary Stampeders
1952–1956	Toronto Argonauts
Career highlights and awards
CFL All-Star	1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950
Awards	Jeff Russel Trophy (1949)
Honors	Grey Cup champion - 1945, 46, 47, 52
Career stats
Canadian Football Hall of Fame, 1988

Royal Copeland (October 12, 1924 – August 8, 2011) was a Canadian Football League running back from 1945 to 1956.

Copeland won four Grey Cups with the Toronto Argonauts. He became a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1988. Along with Joe Krol they were known as the Gold Dust Twins. Copeland is the only player to score a touchdown in 3 consecutive Grey Cup games: 1945, 1946, and 1947.

During the Second World War when the Argonaut Football Operations were suspended, Royal Copeland played in the ORFU in 1943 with Toronto Navy HMCS York.