Tom Cooper (footballer)

Tom Cooper
Cooper in the 1920s
Personal information
Full name Thomas Cooper
Date of birth (1905-04-09)9 April 1905
Place of birth Fenton, Staffordshire, England
Date of death 25 June 1940(1940-06-25) (aged 35)
Place of death Aldeburgh, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Right-back
Youth career
Longton
Trentham
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1924–1926 Port Vale 32 (0)
1926–1934 Derby County 248 (1)
1934–1940 Liverpool 150 (0)
Total 430 (1)
International career
1927–1934 England 15 (0)
Football League 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Cooper (9 April 1905 – 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 in the First Division in 1929–30.