Thomas Coop

Thomas Coop
Personal information
Full name Thomas Coop
Nickname Tom
Born 10 March 1863
Tottington, Lancashire, England
Died 16 April 1929 (aged 66)
Bucklow, Cheshire, England
Playing information
Rugby union
Position Fullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤1892–≥92 Leigh
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1892 England 1 0 0 0 0
Rugby league
Source: espnscrum.com

Thomas "Tom" Coop (10 March 1863[1] 16 April 1929[2]) born in Tottington, Lancashire, was an English rugby union footballer of the 1890s, playing at representative level for England, and at club level for Leigh,[3] as a Fullback, i.e. number 15, he died in Bucklow, Cheshire. Prior to Thursday 29 August 1895, Leigh was a rugby union club.

Playing career

International honours

Coop won a cap for England while at Leigh in the 1892 Home Nations Championship against Scotland.[4]

Change of Code

When Leigh converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Thursday 29 August 1895, Tom Coop would have been 32 years of age. Consequently, he may have been both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Leigh.

References

  1. "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  2. "Death details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  3. Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. p. 178. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
  4. "Statistics at espnscrum.com". espnscrum.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
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