Don Cooper
 
Bornc. 1942
Team
Curling clubBroadmoor CC, Colorado Springs, CO[1]
Curling career
Member Association United States
World Championship
appearances
1 (1983)
Medal record
Curling
United States Men's Championship
Gold medal – first place 1983 Colorado Springs

Don Cooper (born c. 1942)[2] is an American curler.

Cooper won the United States men's curling championship in 1983, defeating Bud Somerville in the final.[3]

Born in Edmonton, Cooper moved to Seattle at the age of 14 when his pharmacist father went into semi-retirement. He began curling at the age of 23. He moved to Colorado Springs in around 1980.[2] At the time of the 1983 World Championships, he worked as a district manager at a computer company.[4]

Teams

Season Skip Third Second Lead Events
1982–83 Don CooperJerry van Brunt Jr.Billy ShipstadJack McNellyUSMCC 1983 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WCC 1983 (6th)

References

  1. Broadmoor Curling Club
  2. 1 2 "Europeans not alone with problems". Regina Leader-Post. April 15, 1983. p. 24. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  3. "Ed setting forth to win the World". Winnipeg Sun. April 11, 1983. p. 25. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  4. "Sweeping up". Regina Leader-Post. April 14, 1983. p. 20. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
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