Horace Cope

Horace Cope
Personal information
Date of birth 24 May 1899
Place of birth Treeton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Date of death 4 October 1961(1961-10-04) (aged 62)
Position(s) Left back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1919–1926 Notts County
1926–1933 Arsenal 100 (16)
1933–1936 Bristol Rovers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Horace Cope (24 May 1899 – 4 October 1961) was an English footballer who played at left back.[1]

Cope spent six years at Arsenal after joining from Notts County for £3,125 in December 1926. He was a regular in his first two-and-a-half seasons at the club. In total, he made 76 starts at Arsenal, but missed the club's 1927 FA Cup Final defeat to Cardiff through injury after playing most of the season. He joined Bristol Rovers for £1,500 in July 1933.[1]

Honours

As a player

Arsenal

References

  1. ^ a b "Horace Cope". Arsenal.com. Retrieved 14 November 2018.


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