James Thomson Cooper (born 28 December 1939), commonly known as Jim or Jimmy Cooper, is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a winger in the Scottish League for Raith Rovers and Airdrieonians and in the English Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion and Hartlepools United.
[2] A right-footed winger with considerable pace, he joined Raith Rovers from junior club Ardeer Thistle in December 1965.
[3][4] After a trial, Cooper signed for English club Brighton & Hove Albion, newly relegated to the Football League Third Division.
He played in around half the matches as the team suffered a second consecutive relegation, and a similar number in 1963–64.
This biographical article related to association football in Scotland, about a midfielder born in the 1930s, is a stub.