Cec Cooper

{{short description|Australian former rugby league footballer (1926–2010)}}

{{About||the baseball player|Cecil Cooper|the Anglican bishop|Cecil Cooper (bishop)}}

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{{Use Australian English|date=July 2013}}

{{Infobox rugby league biography

|name = Cec Cooper

|fullname = Cecil James Cooper

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|birth_date = {{birth date|1926|02|21|df=y}}

|birth_place = Rylstone, New South Wales, Australia

|death_date = {{death date and age|2010|06|14|1926|02|21|df=y}}

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|position = {{Rlp|CE}}

|club1 = {{nowrap|Canterbury-Bankstown}}

|year1start = 1949

|year1end = 56

|appearances1 = 79

|tries1 = 29

|goals1 = 0

|fieldgoals1 = 0

|points1 = 87

|teamA = Queensland

|yearAstart = 1955

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|appearancesA = 1

|triesA = 0

|goalsA = 1

|fieldgoalsA = 0

|pointsA = 2

|coachteam1 = {{nowrap|Canterbury-Bankstown}}

|coachyear1start= 1958

|coachyear1end = 59

|coachgames1 = 36

|coachwins1 = 9

|coachdraws1 = 2

|coachlosses1 = 25

|source = [http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/Cec_Cooper/summary.html Rugby League Project] and [http://www.yesterdayshero.com.au/PlayerProfile_Cec-Cooper_2049.aspx Yesterday's Hero]

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| relatives = Lionel Cooper (brother)

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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.{{cite web |title=Cec Cooper |url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/cec-cooper/summary.html |publisher=Rugby League Project |access-date=12 March 2023}}

A New South Wales representative {{rlp|ce}}, he captained and later coached the Canterbury-Bankstown club of the New South Wales Rugby Football League.[https://web.archive.org/web/20180909221836/http://thebulldogs.com.au/sportal.php?page=player&id=162 Cec Cooper] at thebulldogs.com.au 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.{{cite news

| title = Cec Cooper has fractured spine

| work = The Sydney Morning Herald

| place = Australia

| pages = 7

| date = 1953-04-09

| url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18365193?searchTerm=

| access-date = 2010-09-07}}

Cooper died on 14 June 2010, at the age of 84.{{cite web |title=Cecil James Cooper gravesite, Rylstone, Mid-Western Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia |url=https://postimg.cc/T5LJm82v |access-date=12 March 2023}}