Norman Cooper (sportsman)

Norman Cooper
Personal information
Full nameNorman Charles Cooper
Date of birth12 July 1870
Place of birthNorbiton, Surrey, England
Date of death30 July 1920 (aged 50)
Place of deathHampden Park, East Sussex, England
Playing positionWing-half
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Cambridge University A.F.C.
Corinthian
Old Brightonians
National team
1893England1(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Norman Charles Cooper (12 July 1870 – 30 July 1920) was an English sportsman who represented the England national football team and played first-class cricket with Cambridge University.

Cooper was educated at Brighton College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge.[1]

A wing-half, Cooper's only international cap came against Ireland at Perry Barr in the 1893 British Home Championship, with England winning 6-1.[2]

Cooper was a right-handed opening batsman for Cambridge University at first-class cricket level and played 11 matches for them, one a combined team with Oxford. He also played a match for the CI Thornton's XI and in 1892 took the field for the HT Hewett's XII against Cambridge after he switched sides when his intended opponents revealed they had only 10 players.[3]

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