George E. Cooper was an

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player, coach of football,

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, and

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, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Tempe Normal School, now

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, in 1919 and at Colorado State Teachers College, now the

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, from 1922 to 1927, compiling a career

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record of 15–13–1. Cooper was also the head basketball coach at Tempe Normal from 1917 to 1922 and at Colorado State Teachers from 1922 to 1931, tallying a career

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mark of 130–62. In addition, he coached baseball at the two schools, at Tempe Normal from 1918 to 1922, and at Colorado State Teachers from 1922 to 1926 and again in 1929, amassing a career

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record of 60–28–1. Cooper played football at

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Head coaching record

Football

References

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