'Jack' Cooper (Football, 1939).
‘Jack’ was a boarder at College from 1937 to 1939 after attending Leongatha High School and was among the first boarders to enjoy the new facilities of Mackie House in 1939. At College, he was a member of the 1st Cricket Team, the 1st Football Team and the Athletics Team, all from 1937 to 1939. In school competitions he scored three centuries, one in 1938 against Geelong Grammar, and two in 1939 against Wesley and Xavier Colleges. At College he was also Captain of the Athletics Team, Shannon House Captain and a School Prefect in 1939. Among his other achievements were the winning of the Doubles Tennis Championship in 1939 and the awarding of the Dr Gus Kearney Prize for all-round sporting achievement.