Al Coppage
1916 –
Who is Al Coppage?
Alton Minor Coppage was a professional American football end who played five seasons in the National Football League and All-America Football Conference, mostly for the Chicago Cardinals. Coppage grew up in Oklahoma and attended the University of Oklahoma, where he was part of a 1938 football team that won the school's first Big Six Conference championship. He was drafted by the NFL's Cardinals in 1940 and played in Chicago for three seasons before leaving to serve in World War II. He signed with the Cleveland Browns in the AAFC after his discharge from the military and played one season for the team, moving to the Buffalo Bills in 1947. After leaving football, Coppage settled in Oklahoma and worked in lumber and banking. He died in 1992.
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- Born
- Feb 8, 1916
Pilot Point - Education
- University of Oklahoma
- Lived in
- Pilot Point
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on July 23, 2013
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