Don Cooper (curler)

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Don Cooper
 
Bornc. 1942
Team
Curling clubBroadmoor CC, Colorado Springs, CO [1]
Career
Member AssociationFlag of the United States.svg  United States
World Championship
appearances
1 (1983)
Medal record

Don Cooper (born c. 1942) [2] is an American curler.

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Cooper won the United States men's curling championship in 1983, defeating Bud Somerville in the final. [3]

Born in Edmonton, Cooper moved to Seattle at the age of 14 when his pharmacist father went into semi-retirement. He began curling at the age of 23. He moved to Colorado Springs in around 1980. [2] At the time of the 1983 World Championships, he worked as a district manager at a computer company. [4]

Teams

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadEvents
1982–83Don Cooper Jerry van Brunt Jr. Billy Shipstad Jack McNelly USMCC 1983 Gold medal icon.svg
WCC 1983 (6th)

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References

  1. Broadmoor Curling Club
  2. 1 2 "Europeans not alone with problems". Regina Leader-Post. April 15, 1983. p. 24. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  3. "Ed setting forth to win the World". Winnipeg Sun. April 11, 1983. p. 25. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  4. "Sweeping up". Regina Leader-Post. April 14, 1983. p. 20. Retrieved May 24, 2022.