"affectionately known in the UK as ""Our 'Enery"". He started his boxing career in 1949, as an amateur with the Eltham Amateur Boxing Club, and won seventy-three of eighty-four contests. At the age of seventeen, he won the first of two ABA light-heavyweight titles and, before serving in the Army for his two years' National Service, represented Britain in the 1952 Olympics (outpointed in the second stage by Russian Anatoli Petrov). Henry and his twin brother, George (boxing under the name Jim Cooper) turned professional together under the management of Jim Wicks. Wicks never allowed his boxer to be the"
"Harry Cooper (golfer) Henry Edward ""Harry"" Cooper (August 4, 1904 – October 17, 2000) was an English-American PGA Tour golfer of the 1920s and 1930s. After he retired from competitive golf, he became a well-regarded instructor, into his 90s. In his long golf career he had 31 PGA Tour victories and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1992. Cooper was born in the town of Leatherhead, England. His father Syd was a professional golfer who had served as an apprentice to Old Tom Morris at St. Andrews. His mother, Alice Cooper, was also a golf professional,"
"at Christchurch Boys' High School and he graduated in 2012. He has since moved to the Christchurch hill suburb Westmorland, not far from the Christchurch Adventure Park. Cooper started racing aged 11, encouraged by his father. Apart from cross country riding, he enjoys cross country running and tennis. Among other riders, he admires Julien Absalon and Nino Schurter, and among other athletes, he looks up to former rugby union player Richie McCaw, cricketer Brendon McCullum, and rowers Hamish Bond and Eric Murray. Before receiving professional sponsorship, he was discovered as a strong talent by Christchurch adventure racers Steve Moffatt and"
"Gary Cooper (rugby league) Gary 'Super Duper' Cooper (born ) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s, and coach. He played at representative level for Great Britain (non-Test matches), and at club level for Featherstone Rovers (Heritage № 396) (captain), and Wakefield Trinity (Heritage № 725), as a , or , i.e. number 1, or, 3 or 5, and coached at club level for York. Gary Cooper was born in Castleford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. Gary Cooper was selected for Great Britain while at Featherstone Rovers for the 1962 Great Britain"
"jersey. At final of Campeonato de Invierno 2013, Henry Cooper played 15 matches and scored 3 goals, which allowed him to recovered the regularity after his bad stance in Mexico. In the Campeonato de Verano 2014, Henry Cooper played his first game of season as titular in the second date of championship. Cooper played all the game and scored a goal in the draw between the Municipal Pérez Zeledón and Belén. Henry Cooper (footballer) Henry Leroy Cooper Bennett (born 11 December 1989) is a Costa Rican footballer, who currently plays for Limón in Costa Rican Primera División. On 8 March"
"a very rare career for women in that era. His family moved to Texas when Cooper was young, and his father took a job as a club professional in Dallas. Cooper honed his skills at Cedar Crest and turned professional in 1923. His first pro win, the Galveston Open in 1923, came before he turned twenty years of age. A perennial U.S. Open contender (with seven top-10 finishes and second place in 1927 and 1936), Cooper was nicknamed ""Lighthorse Harry"" by sportswriter Damon Runyon for his quick pace of play in winning the inaugural Los Angeles Open in 1926, completing"
"Tom Cooper (cyclist) Tom Cooper (1874–1906) was an 1890s champion bicycle racer and early auto racing driver. He is best known for his rivalry with Major Taylor as well as his later work with Henry Ford and Barney Oldfield. Tom Cooper began his cycling career in Detroit. His talent and athletic ability soon made him a national celebrity in the US as he climbed to the top of the sport. As a champion bicycle racer, Cooper was a contemporary of Barney Oldfield, Carl G. Fisher, Johnny Johnson, Arthur Gardiner, ""Plugger Bill"" Martin and Eddie Bald. At the 1898 League of"
"play in The Open Championship.""<br> NYF = tournament not yet founded<br> NT = no tournament<br> WD = withdrew<br> CUT = missed the half-way cut<br> R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play<br> ""T"" indicates a tie for a place Harry Cooper (golfer) Henry Edward ""Harry"" Cooper (August 4, 1904 – October 17, 2000) was an English-American PGA Tour golfer of the 1920s and 1930s. After he retired from competitive golf, he became a well-regarded instructor, into his 90s. In his long golf career he had 31 PGA Tour victories and was inducted"
"Norman Cooper (sportsman) 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. 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. 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. Norman Cooper (sportsman) 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. 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. Cooper was a right-handed opening batsman for Cambridge University at first-class cricket"
"in the early 1990s. Cooper is also a fan of NBA basketball, supporting the Detroit Pistons. Cooper has on several occasions credited golf with playing a major role in helping him overcome his addiction to alcohol, and has even gone so far as to say that when he took up golf, it was a case of replacing one addiction with another. The importance that the game has had in his life is also reflected in the title to his 2007 autobiography, ""Alice Cooper, Golf Monster"". Cooper, who has participated in a number of Pro-Am competitions, plays the game six days"
"spent 11 years as Southampton's chief European scout before retiring in 2007. He now lives in Tenerife. Cooper's son Mark became a footballer in the late 1980s, enjoying a worthy career in the lower echelons of the professional game. He is now also a manager. Terry Cooper (footballer, born 1944) Terence Cooper (born 12 July 1944) is an English former football player and manager born in Brotherton, West Riding of Yorkshire. He was a full-back in the Leeds United team of the 1960s and 1970s. Cooper was not discovered as a young player in the conventional manner - he simply"
"Bob Cooper (speedway rider) Robert Charles ""Bob"" Cooper (born 23 June 1950) is a British former motorcycle speedway rider who rode for Leicester Lions and Rye House Rockets. Born in Rugby, Warwickshire, Cooper represented Central Midland Schools at cross-country running as a teenager. He combined his speedway career with his work as an engine fitter for Rolls-Royce. After attending a training school at King's Lynn in 1971, he made his competitive debut the following year in a 'Stars of Tomorrow' event at King's Lynn in 1972. In 1974 he signed for Leicester Lions, riding in the junior team, and was"
"Dancing Harry Marvin Cooper (born c. 1943) is a former dancer who performed under the stage name Dancing Harry at professional basketball games. He danced on the sidelines during timeouts and gave whammies to the opposing team. Cooper performed in both the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the American Basketball Association (ABA) with the Baltimore Bullets, New York Knicks, New Jersey Nets and the Indiana Pacers. Cooper played basketball in high school at Mount Saint Joseph in Baltimore. In the locker room, he performed impersonations of Elvis Presley. One night, he was tricked by his friends to go on stage"
"motorcycle when he collided with a lorry; he died in the accident. An enquiry took place into his death with the outcome being an order that stated despatch riders were no longer allowed to ride their motorcycles without wearing a crash helmet. Source: Tom Cooper (footballer) Thomas Cooper (9 April 1904 – 25 June 1940) was an England international footballer who played for Port Vale, Derby County, and Liverpool. He won 15 caps, and played 430 league games in a 16-year career in the Football League. He helped Derby to finish second in the Second Division in 1925–26 and second"
"Fred Cooper (bicyclist) Frederick Cooper (13 March 1852–21 July 1935), generally known as ‘Fred’ or ‘Freddie’, was a professional racing cyclist and subsequently partner in a bicycle manufacturing business. Cooper was born in 1852 in London. The family had moved to Birmingham by 1861 and subsequently, at some date between 1866 and 1870, they made a further move to Sheffield where his father was the landlord of the ""White Bear"", a public house in the centre of the town. Bicycle racing as a spectator sport is generally regarded as having started in France in 1868. It was introduced into England"
"he played for Peabody F.C. in Philadelphia. Peabody released him on January 7, 1916. He then moved to Continentals F.C. of the New York State Amateur Foot Ball League. That year, he moved to the New York Field Club in the semi-professional National Association Football League. By 1919, he was with Paterson. In 1920, he moved to Erie A.A. for one season. In 1921, New York F.C. became an inaugural member of the professional American Soccer League and Cooper rejoined the team for two seasons. He also played for the Newark Skeeters during the 1924-25 American Soccer League season. Harry"
"with the Wallabies and represent Australia at the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Cooper is the cousin of Scotland international player and 2013 British & Irish Lion Sean Maitland and is the cousin of Cheyenne Campbell. In December 2009, Cooper was charged with burglary after allegedly taking two laptops from a residence on the Gold Coast. The charges were withdrawn after mediation with complainants. In August 2011, Cooper was accused of deliberately kneeing Richie McCaw in the face, after McCaw had targeted Cooper off the ball, at the 2011 Tri Nations test, but at the subsequent SANZAR judicial hearing in Brisbane"
"was a century against the National Performance Squad. Cooper was at the non-strikers end on 25 November 2014 when Hughes, then both his teammate and his roommate, was struck by a cricket ball in his neck. Hughes died in hospital two days later and Cooper was one of three cricketers to be pallbearers at Hughes' funeral. In February 2015, Cooper signed for Somerset County Cricket Club for the whole of the 2015 English county season. He was eligible to play for the club without being counted as an international player due to his Dutch passport. During the season he scored"
"said. Cooper started dancing, the crowd cheered, and the Knicks eventually won the game. Dancing Harry became a celebrity. He donned outlandish outfits with a black cap, a floppy cap or hat, and often had platform shoes. His hexes excited the crowd and distracted opponents, adding to the Knicks' already formidable home-court advantage. He never received any compensation from the Knicks. In 1973, the Knicks won an NBA championship, but rumors circulated during the playoffs that the Knicks front office was not crazy with Harry. Their owner, Ned Irish, was a traditionalist. When Cooper arrived for 1973–74 season, ushers at"
"Henry Cooper (educator) Sir William Henry Cooper (2 October 1909 – 4 September 1990) was a New Zealand educator who served as headmaster of Auckland Grammar School from 1954 to 1972, and later as chancellor of the University of Auckland. He was also a noted sportsman, playing representative cricket and field hockey for Auckland teams. Born in Leam, Derbyshire, Cooper was raised in New Zealand, on a farm at Waiuku. He attended Auckland Grammar School on a Rawlings Scholarship and went on to Auckland University College, then part of the University of New Zealand, from where he graduated Master of"
"Lenny Cooper (cricketer) Leonard 'Lenny' Michael Godfrey Cooper (born 9 June 1981) is an English cricketer. Cooper is a right-handed batsman who bowls left-arm medium-fast. He was born in Barnet, London. Cooper made his debut for Hertfordshire in the 2000 Minor Counties Championship against Cambridgeshire. Cooper played Minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire from 2000 to 2008, including 22 Minor Counties Championship matches and 10 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2001, he made his List A debut against Worcestershire in the 3rd round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. He played a further List A match in 2001, against Staffordshire"
"John Cooper (hurdler) John Cooper (18 December 1940 – 3 March 1974) was a British athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metre hurdles. He competed for Great Britain in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan in the 400 metre hurdles where he won the silver medal. He then joined with team mates Tim Graham, Adrian Metcalfe, and Robbie Brightwell in the 4 x 400 metres relay where they won the silver medal. Cooper also competed in the 400 metre hurdles at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico serving as Great Britain's third-string athlete in this event, behind"
"a private club in New York City. Cooper died of lung cancer at his home near Cooperstown on January 31, 2016. In May 2016, Otsego 2000 held a month-long exhibition in memory of Cooper, featuring landscapes that could have been lost without Cooper's environmental efforts. Henry S. F. Cooper married Mary Luke Langben on October 13, 1966, a relationship which ended in divorce. He had three daughters – Elizabeth, Hannah, and Molly Cooper, as well as three grandchildren. Cooper lived at 1165 Fifth Avenue, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Later in life, Cooper spent more time in Cooperstown,"
"in front of a crowd of 89,588. Following a leg injury to Pat Devery during the match, Cooper moved to centre and took over the kicking duties. Cooper's Testimonial match at Huddersfield took place in 1955. Three of his brothers, Col, Reg and Cec Cooper, played with the Canterbury Bankstown club in Sydney, and another, Noel, played for St George. Lionel Cooper (rugby league) Lionel William Cooper (1922–1987) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s and 1950s. A state and international representative winger, he played in Sydney for the Eastern Suburbs club and in England for Huddersfield."
"Early in his career he stood out in limited overs matches, and his breakout performance came in a match for the Prime Minister's XI against a touring West Indies team, when he scored 160 not out. In 2010 Cooper discovered he was eligible to play for the Netherlands national cricket team due to his Dutch passport, and he has represented the country in a World Cup and two World Twenty20s. He is the older brother of fellow Netherlands cricketer Ben Cooper. Cooper was in Australia's under-19 team for the 2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, and in the lead up to"
"against Keighley, he scored a record 10 tries. Also joining Cooper was his friend Johnny Hunter, a full-back, and a little later Pat Devery, an Australian test centre who formed a partnership with Cooper on the left. Cooper continued to play test rugby league whilst at Huddersfield, playing for 14 matches for the Other Nationalities in the International Championship between 1949 and 1953. He also played for the British Empire XIII versus New Zealand on Wednesday 23 January 1952 at Stamford Bridge. Cooper played left-wing, i.e. number 5, in Huddersfield's 4-11 defeat by Bradford Northern in the 1949 Yorkshire County"
"1934 in Lambeth, London to Henry and Lily Cooper. With identical twin brother, George (1934–2010), and elder brother Bern, he grew up in a council house on Farmstead Road on the Bellingham Estate in South East London. During the Second World War they were evacuated to Lancing on the Sussex coast. Life was tough in the latter years of the Second World War, and London life especially brought many dangers during the blackout. Henry took up many jobs, including a paper round before school and made money out of recycling golf balls to the clubhouse on the Beckenham course. All"
"biography by Andrew Mason, with a review of the book praising Cooper as a ""profound meritocrat"" whose ""unremitting application of personal standards took him from farm boy to the best-known educationalist of his time"". Henry Cooper (educator) Sir William Henry Cooper (2 October 1909 – 4 September 1990) was a New Zealand educator who served as headmaster of Auckland Grammar School from 1954 to 1972, and later as chancellor of the University of Auckland. He was also a noted sportsman, playing representative cricket and field hockey for Auckland teams. Born in Leam, Derbyshire, Cooper was raised in New Zealand, on"
"and the inaugural Vardon Trophy in 1937; his 31 titles were a record for PGA Tour players born outside the U.S. until surpassed by Vijay Singh in 2008. He was active as a senior golfer, placing sixth in the 1955 Senior PGA Championship. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1992. Cooper was born in the United Kingdom, so he was ineligible to play for the U.S. in the Ryder Cup, although he had learned his golf in the U.S. after his family immigrated. This took him out of the chance for expenses-paid trips to Britain"
"John Cooper (barrister) John Gordon Cooper QC (born 15 September 1958 in Wolverhampton) is a British barrister specialising in human rights and criminal law. He is also a broadcaster and politician. He is a member of the Bar of England and Wales, where he practises with 25 Bedford Row, and the Australian Bar. He has been chairman of the League Against Cruel Sports since 1996, and he was appointed honorary professor of law at Cardiff University in 2011. He ran for the House of Commons as a candidate for the Labour Party in the 1987 election in North West Surrey"
"Bush supporter, I would have immediately switched. Linda Ronstadt? Don Henley? Geez, that's a good reason right there to vote for Bush."" Cooper is a fan of the NHL's Arizona Coyotes. On February 18, 2012, the Coyotes gave away his bobblehead in a promotion for the first 10,000 fans for a game with the Dallas Stars. Cooper is a longtime baseball fan, supporting the Arizona Diamondbacks and Detroit Tigers. As a child, he dreamed of playing left field in the Tiger's outfield alongside Tigers Hall of Famer Al Kaline. He has coached Little League baseball teams since his son played"
"a state selector and later as vice president of the Victorian Cricket Association. His great grandson, Paul Sheahan, also played Test cricket for Australia. William Cooper (cricketer) William Henry Cooper (11 September 1849 – 5 April 1939) was an English-born Australian cricketer who played in two Tests between 1881 and 1884. He took six wickets on debut in the second innings against England in Melbourne in 1882. Born and raised in Kent he came to Australia as an adult and did not start playing competitive cricket until the age of 27. He returned to England as part of Billy Murdoch's"