[2] Usually seen in the back pocket, Cooper was a member of Hawthorn's inaugural premiership side in 1961 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.
He was an older brother of St Kilda player, Ian Cooper.
This Australian rules football biography of a person born in the 1930s is a stub.