STATISTICS & HISTORY
Al Cooper Jr.’s father was a talented soccer player and one of the most renowned professional basketball players of his era. Cooper’s father was a lithe, lightning quick athlete. Cooper was neither lithe nor fast, but was still a fine athlete who also enjoyed decade-long careers in both sports. Cooper ne was never a star basketball player, he but he played for some of the best independent teams in the East including the Washington Palace-Five, the Newark Turners and the Trenton Michlins. Cooper was a longtime fixture on the Trenton Field Club, a US soccer power, thoughout the 1920’s. In 1928, Cooper was chosen as the goalie for the United States team at the Amsterdam Olympics.
| AL COOPER | Height: | 6:03 | Weight: | 210 | College: | None | |||||
| Albert Cooper Jr. | Born: Feb 23, 1904 | Died: Dec 1, 1993 | Hometown: | Trenton, NJ | |||||||
| Son of Al Cooper Sr. | REGULAR SEASON RECORD | ||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1922-23 | Trenton | EL | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 5 | 2.5 | |
| 1923-24 | Trenton | MBL | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | ||||
| 1923-24 | Burlington | Indep | |||||||||
| 1924-25 | Washington Palace-Five | Indep | |||||||||
| 1924-25 | Trenton Michelins | Indep | |||||||||
| 1925-26 | Trenton | EL | 2 | 5 | 22 | 32 | 16.0 | ||||
| 1925-26 | Trenton Michelins | Indep | |||||||||
| 1926-27 | Trenton Michelins | Indep | |||||||||
| 1927-28 | Trenton | SJL | 11 | 35 | 35 | 56 | .625 | 105 | 9.5 | ||
| 1928-29 | Trenton | ABL | 5 | 10 | 4 | 24 | 4.8 | ||||
| 1929-30 | Highland Park | Indep | |||||||||
| 1930-31 | Reading | TSL | 8 | 14 | 11 | 39 | 4.9 | ||||
| 1930-31 | Reading | EL | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3.0 | ||||
| 1930-31 | Milltown Community Club Club | Indep | |||||||||
| 1931-32 | Newark Turners | Indep | |||||||||
| Major League Totals | 10 | 20 | 27 | 67 | 6.7 | ||||||