Jamie Cooper

Jamie Cooper
Personal information
Full name James Cooper
Date of birth (1964-06-14) 14 June 1964
Original team(s) Surrey Hills, Victoria
Height / weight 180 cm / 80 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1984–1987 Fitzroy 26 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1987.

Jamie Cooper (born 14 June 1964) is an Australian painter and former Australian rules footballer in the VFL/AFL.

Recruited from Surrey Hills, Victoria, Cooper debuted with the Fitzroy Football Club in 1984 and was a fringe player, playing 26 games over four seasons.[1]

Since retiring from playing football, Cooper has developed a painting career, primarily focusing on large-scale historical sporting portraits. In 2008 he was commissioned by the Australian Football League to create a painting to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the first game of Australian rules football.[2] He has also created many Team of the century or Dream Scene composite portraits where players from different era's are shown at their prime in a single locker room.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2002). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (4th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. p. 125. ISBN 1-74095-001-1.
  2. ↑ "The Game That Made Australia painting".
  3. ↑ "Ex-footballer hits home run". 16 February 2011.


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