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Tom
Cooper |
Derby County
FC
15 caps, 0 goals
P 15 W 8 D 0 L 7 F x:
A x
53% successful
1927-34
disciplined: none
captaincies: four
minutes played: 1350 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Thomas Cooper |
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Born |
9 April 1905 in
Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire [registered
in Stoke-upon-Trent in June, 1905]. |
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Birth Notes |
Thought to be of been born in 1904, but
there is no registration in Stoke in 1904, whereas there was a
registration in Stoke-upon-Trent in June, 1905. His death registration
also confirms that at the time of his death, he was only 35 years-old. And
the only Fenton-born Thomas Cooper in 1911 was born in 1905. |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1911 census,
six year-old Tomas was the seventh of eight children to Stephen James and
Sarah Ann. They live at 66 Temple Street in Fenton. His father is
bricklayer. |
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Died |
25 June 1940
in Aldeburgh, Suffolk, aged
35 years x days
[registered in Deben, Suffolk, June 1940]. Tom lost his life
through a motor-cycle accident whilst serving with the Royal Military
Police. He was not wearing a helmet and he collided with a lorry. The
inquiry that resulted ordered that all depatch riders must wear crash
helmets. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
9", 12st.
0lbs [1929]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
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Biographies |
x |
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x.
- A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999). |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Cooper left Derby
on 4 December 1934. |
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Club honours |
x |
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Individual honours |
x |
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Distinctions |
x |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
xth
player to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
x |
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First match |
No. x, aged x years
x days. |
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Last match |
No. x, aged x years x days. |
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Major tournaments |
x |
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Team honours |
x |
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Individual honours |
x |
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Distinctions |
x |
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Beyond England |
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x. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.x. |