Cec Cooper

Cec Cooper
Personal information
Full name	Cecil James Cooper
Born	21 February 1926; Rylstone, New South Wales, Australia
Died	14 June 2010 (aged 84)
Playing information
Position	Centre
Club
Representative
Coaching information
Club
	Source: Rugby League Project and Yesterday's Hero

Cecil James Cooper (21 February 1926 – 14 June 2010) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s, and coached in the 1950s.^[1]

A New South Wales representative centre, he captained and later coached the Canterbury-Bankstown club of the New South Wales Rugby Football League.^[2] He is the brother of Australian international Lionel Cooper and fellow Canterbury-Bankstown players Col Cooper and Reg Cooper. In 1953, when captain of his club, Cec Cooper suffered a fractured spine.^[3]

Cooper died on 14 June 2010, at the age of 84.^[4]

References

^ "Cec Cooper". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
^ Cec Cooper at thebulldogs.com.au
^ "Cec Cooper has fractured spine". The Sydney Morning Herald. Australia. 9 April 1953. p. 7. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
^ "Cecil James Cooper gravesite, Rylstone, Mid-Western Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia". Retrieved 12 March 2023.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Col Geelan 1957	Coach Canterbury-Bankstown 1958–1959	Succeeded by Eddie Burns 1960–1962

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[1] "Cec Cooper". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 12 March 2023.

[2] Cec Cooper at thebulldogs.com.au

[3] "Cec Cooper has fractured spine". The Sydney Morning Herald. Australia. 9 April 1953. p. 7. Retrieved 7 September 2010.

[4] "Cecil James Cooper gravesite, Rylstone, Mid-Western Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia". Retrieved 12 March 2023.

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