Royal Copeland (Canadian football)
Appearance
Date of birth | October 12, 1924 |
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Place of birth | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Date of death | August 8, 2011 | (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 | |
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.
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- 1924 births
- 2011 deaths
- Calgary Stampeders players
- Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductees
- Canadian football running backs
- Deaths from Alzheimer's disease
- Grey Cup champions
- Players of Canadian football from Ontario
- Sportspeople from Toronto
- Toronto Argonauts players
- Ontario Rugby Football Union players
- Canadian football running back stubs