William Spehr Koop (21 March 1906 – 14 April 1950) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

(VFL) during the 1920s. Koop did not make much of an impact at Carlton in his first three seasons and left Carlton in 1927 to coach

Culcairn Football Club Culcairn () is a town in the south-east Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. Culcairn is located in the Greater Hume Shire local government area on the Olympic Highway between Albury and Wagga Wagga. The town is south-west of the s ...

, NSW, before returning to Carlton in 1928. Koop played in two VFL Reserves premierships with Carlton in 1926 and 1928. Koop then had a successful career in the

Victorian Football Association The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

as a key position defender, he was a centre half-back in Northcote's 1929 premiership team. He was appointed as captain / coach of Prahran in January, 1931, but had to resign in March, 1931 at the request of the Police Commissioner. Koop then enjoyed some individual success at

Prahran Prahran (), also pronounced colloquially as Pran, is an inner suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 5 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Stonnington local government area. Prahran recorded a po ...

, winning the 1931

Recorder Cup The J. J. Liston Trophy is awarded annually to the best and fairest senior player in the Victorian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football Association). It is named after J.J. Liston, a businessman, civic leader and sports administrato ...

. Koop was also a premiership player with Prahran in 1937. The 146 game Prahran veteran was named, in 2003, on the interchange bench in their official 'Team of the Century'.

References

*Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
1927 - Culcairn
The Corowa Free Press (NSW). 9 April 1927.

External links

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Bill Koop's Profile
at Blueseum 1906 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Carlton Football Club players Northcote Football Club players Prahran Football Club players Dimboola Football Club players 1950 deaths {{AFL-bio-1906-stub