Royal Copeland
Athlete
1924 – 2011
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Who was Royal Copeland?
Royal Copeland was a Canadian Football League running back from 1945 to 1956.
Copeland won four Grey Cups with the Toronto Argonauts. He became a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1988. Along with Joe Krol they were known as the Gold Dust Twins. Copeland is the only player to score a touchdown in 3 consecutive Grey Cup games: 1945, 1946, and 1947.
During the Second World War when the Argonaut Football Operations were suspended, Royal Copeland played in the ORFU in 1943 with Toronto Navy HMCS York.
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- Born
- Oct 12, 1924
Toronto - Nationality
- Canada
- Education
- Humber College
- Died
- Aug 8, 2011
Oxnard
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on July 23, 2013
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