Bud Cooper
| Bud Cooper | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Cooper (second from right) with the original Cleveland Rams players:Harry Mattos Mike Sebastian, and Stan Pincura | |
| Born |
April 14, 1913 Buffalo, New York, United States |
| Died |
August 11, 1998 (Age 85) Dallas, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 204 pounds (93 kg) |
| Position(s) | Fullback |
| College | Penn State |
| Jersey #(s) | 10 |
| Career highlights | |
| Honors | An Original NFL Cleveland Ram |
| Statistics | |
| Teams | |
| 1936 1937 |
Cleveland Rams (AFL) Cleveland Rams (NFL) |
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
External links
- Bud Cooper at Pro Football Reference.
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