Bob Cooper passed on after several years of battling cancer
About Bob Cooper
Bob Cooper was born in Sydney, Australia on August 31, 1955. Bob Cooper was described as thick and 1.96 metres tall.
Bob Cooper was playing rugby league for Western Suburbs Magpies and North Sydney Bears before being named in the New South Wales team squad for the inaugural game in the State of Origin in 1980. Bob Cooper primarily played as a back row.
Bob Cooper was named in the Western Suburbs Magpies Team of the Eighties, in the second row.
Bob Cooper received the second-longest suspension in rugby league history, of fifteen months, in 1982 after getting involved in a brawl that resulted in the knockout of three Illawarra Steelers players during a game at Wollongong Showground.
Cooper got the Best and Fairest honour in the reserved category while playing Australian rules football for St. George in the Sydney Football League in 1983.
Cooper made a comeback to the NSW Rugby League in 1984 while playing for North Sydney, but after just four games, he suffered a shoulder injury and gave up the sport.