Peter Cooper (footballer)

Peter Cooper
Peter Cooper
Personal information
Full name	Peter Cooper
Date of birth	5 August 1935 (age 82)
Original team(s)	Old Melburnians
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Playing career1
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1955.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Last updated May 01, 2019

Peter Cooper (born 5 August 1935) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, or simply called Aussie rules, football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of eighteen players on an oval-shaped field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by kicking the oval-shaped ball between goal posts or between behind posts.

The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is an Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The club plays in the Australian Football League, the sport's premier league.

The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body, and is responsible for controlling the laws of the game. The league was founded as the Victorian Football League (VFL) as a breakaway from the previous Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season commencing in 1897. Originally comprising only teams based in the Australian state of Victoria, the competition's name was changed to the Australian Football League for the 1990 season, after expanding to other states throughout the 1980s.

Notes

↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 176. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

External links

Peter Cooper's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Peter Cooper at AustralianFootball.com

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[encyc-1] Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 176. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.