Cecil "Cec" James Cooper (born 21 February 1926) is an Australian former professional

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footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s, and

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ed in the 1950s. A

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representative , he captained and later coached the Canterbury-Bankstown club of the

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. He is the brother of Australian international Lionel Cooper and fellow Canterbury-Bankstown players

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and Reg Cooper. In 1953, when captain of his club, Cec Cooper suffered a fractured spine.

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