# Bill Koop

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**William Spehr Koop** (21 March 1906 – 14 April 1950)[1] was an [Australian rules footballer](/source/Australian_rules_football) who played for [Carlton](/source/Carlton_Football_Club) in the [Victorian Football League](/source/Australian_Football_League) (VFL) during the 1920s.

Koop did not make much of an impact at Carlton in his first three seasons and left Carlton in 1927 to coach [Culcairn Football Club](/source/Culcairn_Football_Club), NSW,[2][3] before returning to Carlton in 1928. Koop played in two [VFL Reserves premierships](/source/List_of_VFL/AFL_premiers) with Carlton in 1926 and 1928.

Koop then had a successful career in the [Victorian Football Association](/source/Victorian_Football_Association) as a key position defender, he was a centre half-back in [Northcote](/source/Northcote_Football_Club)'s 1929 premiership team.[4] He was appointed as captain / coach of Prahran in January, 1931,[5] but had to resign in March, 1931 at the request of the Police Commissioner.[6] Koop then enjoyed some individual success at [Prahran](/source/Prahran_Football_Club), winning the 1931 [Recorder Cup](/source/Recorder_Cup).[7] Koop was also a premiership player with Prahran in 1937.[8]

The 146 game Prahran veteran was named, in 2003, on the interchange bench in their official 'Team of the Century'.[9]

## References

1. ["Bill Koop"](http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=Bill+Koop). Blueseum - Online Carlton Football Club Museum. Retrieved 31 August 2014.

1. ["1927 - Carlton player to coach Culcairn"](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3840458#). The Argus. 26 February 1927. p. 24. Retrieved 5 March 2021.

1. ["1927 - Culcairn"](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/236073638). The Corowa Free Press. 22 April 1927. p. 3. Retrieved 5 March 2021.

1. ["1929 - Football: Northcote Successful"](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4043460). The Argus. 14 October 1929. p. 16. Retrieved 5 March 2021.

1. ["1931 - Prahran elects coach"](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/203347165). The Age. 30 January 1931. p. 9. Retrieved 5 March 2021.

1. ["1931 - Prahran coach Resigns"](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4405401). The Argus. 1 April 1931. p. 16. Retrieved 5 March 2021.

1. ["1931 - W. Koop to Receive Recorder Cup"](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/182550021). Sporting Globe. 7 November 1931. p. 4. Retrieved 5 March 2021.

1. ["1937 - Prahran win first Premiership"](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/244612421#). The Herald. 4 September 1937. p. 13. Retrieved 5 March 2021.

1. ["Prahan FC - Team of the Century"](http://www.boylesfootballphotos.net.au/Reference_+Prahran+Team+of+the+Century). *Boyles Football Photos*. 2003. Retrieved 6 March 2021.

- Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). *The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers*. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
- [1927 - Culcairn](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/236073638). The Corowa Free Press (NSW). 9 April 1927.

## External links

- [Bill Koop's Profile](https://www.blueseum.org/Bill+Koop/) at Blueseum

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