Charlie Copley

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Charlie Copley

End, Guard, Tackle

Personal information

Date of birth: September 1, 1887

Place of birth: Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania

Date of death: May 29, 1944 (aged 56)^[1]

Place of death: Reading, Pennsylvania

Career information

College: Muhlenberg College,
University of Missouri-Rolla

Debuted in 1917 for the Massillon Tigers

Last played in 1926 for the Gilberton Cadamounts

Career history

As player:

Massillon Tigers (1917)
Akron Pros (1920–1922)
Milwaukee Badgers (1922)
Gilberton Cadamounts (1923–1926)

As coach:

Gilberton Cadamounts (1923)

Career highlights and awards

1920 NFL champion

Career NFL statistics

Stats at NFL.com

Charles Francis Copley was a professional football player who played for the Akron Pros and the Milwaukee Badgers of the National Football League. Copely won a NFL championship in 1920 with Akron. He was also a former teammate of Fritz Pollard during his time with the Pros and the Badgers. In 1923 Charles became the coach of the Gilberton Cadamounts. This caused Copley to recruit Pollard to play for Gilberton, making Pollard the first African-American to play football in Pennsylvania's coal region.^[2] In 1917, Copley played alongside Bob Nash for the Massillon Tigers. The Tigers played in the "Ohio League", which was the direct predecessor to the NFL.^[3]

References

↑ http://www.profootballarchives.com/copl00200.html
↑ http://books.google.com/books?id=WDJ9Q1KDkZIC&pg=PA11&dq=Gilberton+Catamounts#PPA11,M1
↑ PFRA Research. "Canton Wins Again 1917". Coffin Corner (Professional Football Researchers Association): 1–5.

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Persondata
Name	Copley, Charlie
Alternative names
Short description	Player of American Football
Date of birth	September 1, 1887
Place of birth	Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania
Date of death	May 29, 1944
Place of death	Reading, Pennsylvania

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