| Warren Roper | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Warren Roper | ||
| Date of birth | 30 September 1940 | ||
| Original team | West Perth | ||
| Height/Weight | 188 cm / 81 kg | ||
| Position(s) | Ruckman | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1961–65, 1967 | Collingwood | 56 (32) | |
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1 Playing statistics to end of 1967 season .
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Warren Roper (born 30 September 1940) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1960s.
A West Perth recruit, Roper was used as a ruckman at Collingwood. He kicked 17 goals in 1962, with six of them coming in a win over Geelong at Kardinia Park. Roper missed the 1964 VFL Grand Final, which they lost, although he had made appearances earlier in the season but he didn't play at all in 1966 season when Collingwood were again runners-up.
Roper later captain-coached Coragulac in country Victoria and was coach of Queensland at the 1979 Perth State of Origin Carnival.