- Murray Couper
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Not to be confused with Murray Cowper.
Murray Stephen Couper (born 24 October 1948) is a former Australian rules football player best known for playing for Perth in the Western Australian National Football League.
Playing career
Couper began his playing career with Dowerin before moving to Perth. He made his senior debut for Perth in 1971. He won the Bernie Naylor Medal in 1975 and played in the 1976 and 1977 premiership-winning Perth teams.[1][2]
In 1980 he moved to East Perth where he played a single season. The following year he transferred to East Fremantle, playing just one match.[3]
References
- ^ "Every League Premiership Player in Page Finals System Era - 1931 - 2009". West Australian Football League. pp. 3. http://wafootball.com.au/resources/doc_download/10-premiership-players-1931-2008. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
- ^ "Bernie Naylor Medalists". West Australian Football League. http://www.wafl.com.au/honours/bernie-naylor-medal/. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
- ^ "Murray Couper: Perth Star of the Seventies". FootyGoss. 15 May 2009. http://www.footygoss.com/index.php/main/columns/memory/view/murray_couper_perth_star_of_the_seventies/. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
West Australian Football League leading goalkickers 1893: Knox • 1894: Davis • 1895: Thurgood • 1896: Thurgood • 1897: Thurgood • 1898: Loel • 1899: Loel • 1900: Daly • 1901: Loel • 1902: Loel • 1903: McNamara • 1904: E. Kelly • 1905: H. Kelly / Sharpe • 1906: H. Kelly • 1907: Sharpe • 1908: C. Doig • 1909: C. Doig • 1910: Thomas • 1911: Bellion • 1912: Limb • 1913: Halliday • 1914: Halliday • 1915: Limb • 1916: Halliday • 1917: Rawlinson • 1918: Sampson • 1919: J. Lawn • 1920: Rodriguez • 1921: Evans • 1922: Campbell • 1923: Coffey • 1924: Campbell • 1925: Flemming • 1926: Campbell • 1927: Campbell • 1928: A. Lawn • 1929: A. Lawn • 1930: Hopkins • 1931: Oliphant • 1932: Tyson • 1933: G. Doig • 1934: G. Doig • 1935: G. Doig • 1936: G. Doig • 1937: G. Doig • 1938: Tyson • 1939: Gook • 1940: Moloney • 1941: G. Doig • 1942: Brunton • 1943: Farmer • 1944: Watts • 1945: Baker • 1946: Naylor • 1947: Naylor • 1948: Naylor • 1949: Tucker • 1950: Scott • 1952: Naylor • 1953: Naylor • 1954: Naylor • 1955: Scott • 1956: Gerovich • 1957: Glass • 1958: Mose • 1959: Hawke • 1960: Gerovich • 1961: Gerovich • 1962: Robertson • 1963: Evans • 1964: Robertson • 1965: Robertson • 1966: Johnson • 1967: Tierney • 1968: Robertson • 1969: Robertson • 1970: Robertson • 1971: Robertson • 1972: Robertson • 1973: P. Smith • 1974: George • 1975: Couper • 1976: Uncle • 1977: Bauskis • 1978: Bauskis • 1979: Taylor • 1980: Beasley / Ralph • 1981: Ralph • 1982: Ralph • 1983: Ralph • 1984: B. Hutton • 1985: Rea • 1986: Rea • 1987: Breman • 1988: Breman • 1989: Lester-Smith • 1990: Bartlett • 1991: J. Hutton • 1992: Caton / Edwards • 1993: Heatley • 1994: Cooper • 1995: Heatley • 1996: Dorotich • 1997: Dorotich • 1998: Ridley • 1999: Tregenza • 2000: Tregenza • 2001: Medhurst • 2002: Parsons • 2003: B. Smith • 2004: B. Smith • 2005: Oakley • 2006: Wilson • 2007: B. Smith • 2008: B. Smith • 2009: Jones • 2010: Jones • 2011: BroadhurstThe leading goalkicker in the West Australian Football League after the home-and-away season is awarded the Bernie Naylor MedalCategories:- 1948 births
- Living people
- East Perth Football Club players
- Perth Football Club players
- East Fremantle Football Club players
- Australian rules footballers from Western Australia
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