Bud Cooper

Bud Cooper

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Cooper (second from right) with the original Cleveland Rams players:Harry Mattos Mike Sebastian, and Stan Pincura
No. 10
Position: Fullback
Personal information
Date of birth: April 14, 1913
Place of birth: Buffalo, New York, United States
Date of death: August 11, 1998 (Age 85)
Place of death: Dallas, Pennsylvania, United States
Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight: 204 lb (93 kg)
Career information
College: Penn State
Career history
Career highlights and awards
  • An Original NFL Cleveland Ram
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com

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]

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