Bud Cooper
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Position: | Fullback |
Personal information | |
Born: | Buffalo, New York | April 14, 1913
Died: | August 11, 1998 Dallas, Pennsylvania | (aged 85)
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Weight: | 204 lb (93 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Milton (PA) |
College: | Penn State |
Career history | |
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Career NFL statistics | |
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
William "Bud" Gordon Cooper (April 14, 1913 – August 11, 1998) played college football at Penn State for the Penn State Nittany Lions football team. After college in 1936 he became a fullback in the National Football League for the Cleveland Rams, who the played in the second American Football League.[1] When the Rams moved into the NFL in 1937, and Cooper went with them. Even though the NFL confederation gave the membership to the same team owner, this NFL franchise officially became a detach entity because only four players of the team joined the NFL that was newly launched. No personnel of the team joined the NFL league. The four players were Mike Sebastian, Stan Pincura, Harry Mattos, and Bud Cooper.[2]
References[]
- ^ https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CoopBu20.htm Bud Cooper
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-07-23. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
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External links[]
- Bud Cooper at Pro Football Reference.
- Bud Cooper at Find a Grave
Categories:
- 1913 births
- 1998 deaths
- American football running backs
- Players of American football from New York (state)
- Penn State Nittany Lions football players
- Cleveland Rams players
- Cleveland Rams (AFL) players
- American football running back, 1910s birth stubs