Niall Hopper

{{Short description|Scottish footballer (1935–2024)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Use British English|date=September 2017}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Niall Hopper

| fullname = Niall Campbell Randells Hopper

| birth_date = {{birth date|1935|9|9|df=y}}

| birth_place = Scotland

| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|7|11|1935|9|9|df=y}}{{Cite news |date=16 July 2024 |title=Niall Hopper |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/memorials/death-notices/death/30624202.niall-hopper/ |access-date=24 July 2024 |publisher=The Herald}}

| death_place =

| position = Forward, right half

| years1 = {{0|0000}}–1955

| clubs1 = Cambuslang Rangers

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 1955–1969

| clubs2 = Queen's Park

| caps2 = 286

| goals2 = 60

| nationalyears1 = 1956–1969

| nationalteam1 = Scotland Amateurs

| nationalcaps1 = 27

| nationalgoals1 = 6

| nationalyears2 = 1967

| nationalteam2 = Great Britain

| nationalcaps2 = 3

| nationalgoals2 = 0

}}

Niall Campbell Randells Hopper (9 September 1935 – 11 July 2024) was a Scottish amateur footballer who played in the Scottish League for Queen's Park as a wing half and inside forward.{{Cite web |title=Hopper, Niall Campbell Randells |url=http://www.qpfc.com/appearances/h/hoppernc.htm |access-date=11 December 2016 |website=QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website}}{{Cite web |last=Hosie |first=Rab |title=Scottish League appearance records – H |url=http://sfha.org.uk/Appearance%20Records%20-%20H.doc |access-date=11 December 2016 |website=Scottish Football Historical Archive}}{{Cite web |title=A – Z of Rutherglen Then and Now |url=https://rutherglenheritage.wixsite.com/website-46/a-z-of-rutherglen-then-and-now |access-date=17 December 2021 |website=Rutherglen Heritage |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=8 January 2017 |title=Niall was the Spider who nearly tamed the Lions |url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-sunday-post-dundee/20170108/283910227586499 |access-date=24 July 2024 |work=The Sunday Post}}{{Cite tweet |number=1816027603163099140 |user=queensparkfc |title=Ahead of kick-off last night we paid tribute to former player Niall Hopper who sadly passed away recently. Niall played over 350 games and scored 76 goals during his 14 years at the club. The thoughts of everyone at the club are with the Hopper Family. |access-date=24 July 2024}} He represented Scotland at amateur level and made three friendly appearances for Great Britain.{{Cite web |last=McColl |first=Brian |last2=Gorman |first2=Douglas |last3=Campbell |first3=George |title=Forgotten Glories – British Amateur Internationals 1901–1974 |url=http://www.scottish-football-historical-archive.co.uk/Forgotten%20Glories.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728161609/http://www.scottish-football-historical-archive.co.uk/Forgotten%20Glories.pdf |archive-date=28 July 2017 |access-date=19 July 2017}}