William Cope

Defender, Football player

1884 – 1937

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Who was William Cope?

William Arthur Cope was an English footballer who played as a full-back. He played 287 league games in the Football League over a nineteen-year professional career.

He joined Burslem Port Vale in August 1904, and spent three seasons with the club, moving on to Stoke after Port Vale resigned from the Football League. Stoke also resigned from the league in 1908, and he moved on to Oldham Athletic. He spent six years with the club, helping the club win promotion out of the Second Division in 1909–10, and to compete for the First Division title. He switched to West Ham United in 1914, and spent eight years with the club, helping the club to the wartime London Combination title in 1916–17. During this time West Ham moved from the Southern League to the Football League. He served the club as captain in 1921–22. He ended his career at Wrexham at the end of the 1922–23 campaign.

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Born
Nov 25, 1884
Stoke-on-Trent
Nationality
  • England
Lived in
  • Stoke-upon-Trent
Died
Feb 18, 1937
Hartshill, Staffordshire

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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