Cec Cooper

For the baseball player, see Cecil Cooper. For the Anglican bishop, see Cecil Cooper (bishop).

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]

Cec Cooper

Personal information
Full name	Cecil James Cooper
Born	(1926-02-21)21 February 1926 Rylstone, New South Wales, Australia
Died	14 June 2010(2010-06-14) (aged 84)
Playing information
Position	Centre
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1949–56 Canterbury-Bankstown 79 29 0 0 87 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1955 Queensland 1 0 1 0 2
Coaching information
Club Years Team Gms W D L W% 1958–59 Canterbury-Bankstown 36 9 2 25 25
Source: Rugby League Project and Yesterday's Hero

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

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.

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