Reuben Cooper (born 14 August 1951) is a former Australian rules football player and coach.
[1] His great grandfather Robert Joel 'Joe' Cooper was a buffalo shooter Melville Island and was married a Iwaidja woman named Alice.
[4] In 1968 Cooper moved to Melbourne to play for South Melbourne but was unable to play for the Swans immediately due to Northern Territory transfer rules.
He spent the 1968 season playing suburban football in Melbourne.
[7] Cooper was coach of NTFL club Nightcliff for the 1986/87 season.