Charlie Copley

Charlie Copley

Date of birth	September 1, 1887
Place of birth	Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania
Date of death	May 29, 1944(1944-05-29) (aged 56)[1]
Place of death	Reading, Pennsylvania
Position(s)	End, Guard, Tackle
College	Muhlenberg College, University of Missouri-Rolla
Championships won	1920 NFL Champs
Team(s) as a player
1917 1920-1922 1922 1923-1926	Massillon Tigers Akron Pros Milwaukee Badgers Gilberton Cadamounts
Team(s) as a coach/administrator
1923	Gilberton Cadamounts

Charles Francis Copley was a professional football player who played for the Akron Pros and the Milwaukee Badgers of the National Football League. Copely won a NFL championship in 1920 with Akron. He was also a former teammate of Fritz Pollard during his time with the Pros and the Badgers. In 1923 Charles became the coach of the Gilberton Cadamounts. This caused Copley to recruit Pollard to play for Gilberton, making Pollard the first African-American to play football in Pennsylvania's coal region.^[2] In 1917, Copley played alongside Bob Nash for the Massillon Tigers. The Tigers played in the "Ohio League", which was the direct predecessor to the NFL.^[3]

References

1. ^ http://www.profootballarchives.com/obit.html
2. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=WDJ9Q1KDkZIC&pg=PA11&dq=Gilberton+Catamounts#PPA11,M1
3. ^ PFRA Research. "Canton Wins Again 1917". Coffin Corner (Professional Football Researchers Association): 1–5. http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Articles/Canton_Wins_Again.pdf. 

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Name	Copley, Charlie
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Date of birth	September 1, 1887
Place of birth	Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania
Date of death	May 29, 1944
Place of death	Reading, Pennsylvania