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Gary Cooper (rugby league)
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Gary 'Super Duper' Cooper is a former professional rugby league
footballer of the 1960s who at club level has played for Featherstone Rovers
, and Wakefield Trinity
, playing at , or , i.e. number 1, 3 or 5, and at club level has coached for York
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’s 21-9 victory over St. Helens in the 1966-67 Rugby Football League Championship final at Station Road, Swinton on the 10th May 1967, and won the Harry Sunderland Trophy
in the 17-10 victory over Hull F.C. in the 1967-68 Rugby Football League Championship final at Headingley Stadium on the 4th May 1968.
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
footballer of the 1960s who at club level has played for Featherstone Rovers
Featherstone Rovers
Featherstone Rovers are a semi-professional rugby league club, based in Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England. They currently play in the Championship. The Rovers are one of the last vestiges of "small town teams" that were once common in rugby league during the early twentieth century...
, and Wakefield Trinity
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats are a professional rugby league club that plays in the European Super League and is based in Wakefield. They achieved promotion in 1999 and have remained in the League since. They are known to their fans as Wakey, Trinity, Wildcats, or historically The Dreadnoughts...
, playing at , or , i.e. number 1, 3 or 5, and at club level has coached for York
York City Knights
York City Knights Rugby League Club is a British professional rugby league club hailing from York. They play at the Huntington Stadium, situated to the north of York city centre...
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Rugby Football League Championship Final Appearances
Gary Cooper played , i.e. number 1, in Wakefield TrinityWakefield Trinity Wildcats
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats are a professional rugby league club that plays in the European Super League and is based in Wakefield. They achieved promotion in 1999 and have remained in the League since. They are known to their fans as Wakey, Trinity, Wildcats, or historically The Dreadnoughts...
’s 21-9 victory over St. Helens in the 1966-67 Rugby Football League Championship final at Station Road, Swinton on the 10th May 1967, and won the Harry Sunderland Trophy
Harry Sunderland Trophy
The Harry Sunderland Trophy is awarded to the Man-of-the-Match in the Super League Grand Final by the Rugby League Writers' Association. It is named after Harry Sunderland, who was an Australian rugby league football administrator in both Australia and the United Kingdom...
in the 17-10 victory over Hull F.C. in the 1967-68 Rugby Football League Championship final at Headingley Stadium on the 4th May 1968.