Graham Cooper (Australian rules footballer)

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Graham Cooper
Personal information
Full name Graham Stanley Cooper
Date of birth (1938-04-24)24 April 1938
Date of death 11 December 2019(2019-12-11) (aged 81)
Original team(s) Hampton Scouts
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1959–1965 Hawthorn 90 (6)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1965.
Career highlights
  • 1961
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Graham Cooper (24 April 1938 – 11 December 2019[1]) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the early 1960s.[2]

Usually seen in the

1963 VFL Grand Final
. His last game for Hawthorn was against the
Ron Barrassi led Carlton
in the open round of 1965.

He left Hawthorn to take up a coaching position with Jerilderie in New South Wales. By 1969 he was back in Melbourne as he was coach of Oakleigh in the VFA from 1969 to 1970.

He was an older brother of

Ian Cooper
.

References

  1. ^ "Vale Graham Cooper". hawthornfc.com.au. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  2. ^ "COOPER. — Graham | Death Notices | Melbourne".

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