Jack Cooper (English footballer)

For other people, see Jack Cooper (disambiguation).

Jack Cooper
Personal information
Full name John Denman Cooper[1]
Date of birth (1887-02-25)25 February 1887
Place of birth Nottingham, England
Date of death 1952 (aged 64–65)
Height 5 ft 10+1⁄2 in (1.79 m)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Sutton Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1908–1920 Barnsley 172 (0)
1920–1922 Newport County 81 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Denman Cooper (25 February 1889 — 1952) was a footballer who played for Barnsley and Newport County. He was a goalkeeper.

Club career

Cooper was a member of the Barnsley side who won the FA Cup in 1912[3] beating West Bromwich Albion in the replay after the first match ended goalless. He fumbled a save in the first fifteen minutes of the first match and was saved from embarrassment by a lack of WBA forwards.[4] In the replay he made an important save, diving onto his side, to save a quick shot from Bob Pailor, the WBA centre forward,[5] though the ball was finally cleared by Bob Glendinning.

In 1920, Cooper signed for Newport County.[1] On 16 October 1920, Cooper was punched to the ground after confronting Millwall supporters throwing missiles at him. Millwall's ground, The Den, was closed for two weeks as a result.[6]

Honours

Barnsley

References

  1. ^ a b "Player Details: Jack Cooper". English National Player Archive. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  2. ^ "The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Barnsley". Athletic News. Manchester. 18 August 1913. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "fa-cupfinals.co.uk". fa-cupfinals.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 July 2008. Retrieved 26 February 2008.
  4. ^ "The Cup Final", Manchester Guardian, p. 3, 22 April 1912
  5. ^ "Barnsley's Victory", Manchester Guardian, p. 4, 25 April 1912
  6. ^ "Millwall: 82 years of shame". The Guardian. 3 May 2002. Retrieved 25 August 2021.