Albert Cooper
Albert Cooper in 1928
Personal information
Full name Albert Cooper Jr.
Date of birth (1904-02-23)February 23, 1904
Place of birth Trenton, New Jersey
Date of death December 24, 1993(1993-12-24) (aged 89)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Trenton F.C.
Trenton Highlanders
International career
1928 United States 2 (0)

Basketball career
Career history
Trenton Tigers
Trenton Bengals
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Albert Cooper Jr. (February 23, 1904 – December 1993) was a former U.S. soccer goalkeeper who later served in the New Jersey General Assembly. Cooper earned two cap with the U.S. national team in 1928. The first came at the 1928 Summer Olympics when the U.S. lost to Argentina 11–2.[1] Following this loss, the U.S. tied Poland, 3-3, on June 10, 1928.[2] At the time of the Olympics, he played for Trenton F.C.

Born and raised in Trenton, New Jersey, and attended Trenton Central High School, from which he graduated in 1921. After his Olympic play, he competed for the Trenton Highlanders of the American Soccer League and played minor league baseball.[3] He also played basketball, including for the Trenton Tigers and the Trenton Bengals of the American Basketball League.[4] An attorney, he was elected to serve as Sheriff of Mercer County, New Jersey and represented Trenton as a Democrat in the New Jersey General Assembly.[3][5]

References

  1. ^ "Albert Cooper". Olympedia. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
  2. ^ USA - Details of International Matches 1885-1969 Archived January 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b Trenton Olympians, Trenton City Museum. Accessed August 17, 2022. "Albert Cooper was born in Trenton. A 1921 graduate of Trenton High School, he was the first Trenton resident to be selected and compete in the Olympics..... Later in life, Cooper would become an attorney at law, NJ assemblyman, and sheriff of Mercer County. He was appointed as a judge in Trenton Municipal Court, a position he held until he retired in 1973."
  4. ^ Al Cooper, Peach Basket Society. Accessed August 17, 2022.
  5. ^ Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, Volume 156, p.359. J. A. Fitzgerald, 1932. Accessed August 17, 2022. "Albert Cooper Jr. (Dem., Trenton) Mr. Cooper was born in Trenton, February 23, 1904. He received his education in the Trenton public schools , including Trenton High School and Rider Moore Business College of Trenton."


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