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{{short description|Scottish footballer}}
{{short description|Scottish footballer (1923–1971)}}
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| fullname = Ernie Copland
| fullname = Ernest George Copland
| birth_date = 14 October 1924
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1923|10|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Montrose, Angus|Montrose]], Scotland
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1971|12||1923|10|14|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Elizabeth, South Australia|Elizabeth]], Australia
| height =
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| position = [[forward (football)|Forward]]
| position = [[forward (football)|Forward]]
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'''Ernie Copland''' (14 October 1924 - December 1971<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19711217/107/0006|title=FORMER SCOTS FOOTBALLER DIES|newspaper=Aberdeen Evening Express |date=17 December 1971|page=6 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref>) was a Scottish [[association football|footballer]] who played for [[Arbroath F.C.|Arbroath]], [[Dundee F.C.|Dundee]] and [[Raith Rovers F.C.|Raith Rovers]]. He was selected for [[Scotland national football team|Scotland's]] [[1954 FIFA World Cup]] squad, but did not travel to the finals and never actually played for the national side.
'''Ernie Copland''' (14 October 1924 – December 1971) was a Scottish [[association football|footballer]] who played for [[Arbroath F.C.|Arbroath]], [[Dundee F.C.|Dundee]] and [[Raith Rovers F.C.|Raith Rovers]]. He was selected for [[Scotland national football team|Scotland's]] [[1954 FIFA World Cup]] squad, but did not travel to the finals and never actually played for the national side.


Although selected for the 22 man squad for the [[1954 FIFA World Cup]], the [[Scottish Football Association]] only budgeted to take 13 players (including only one [[goalkeeper (football)|goalkeeper]]) to the finals in Switzerland.<ref name = "et">[http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/output/2004/12/29/blether.shtm UNLUCKY 13 FOR SCOTS]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''[[Evening Telegraph (Dundee)|Evening Telegraph]]'', 29 December 2004.</ref> Copland was one of the players who stayed at home on reserve, with the likes of [[Bobby Combe]] and [[Jimmy Binning]].<ref name = "et"/>
Although selected for the 22 man squad for the [[1954 FIFA World Cup]], the [[Scottish Football Association]] only budgeted to take 13 players (including only one [[goalkeeper (football)|goalkeeper]]) to the finals in Switzerland.<ref name = "et">[http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/output/2004/12/29/blether.shtm UNLUCKY 13 FOR SCOTS]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''[[Evening Telegraph (Dundee)|Evening Telegraph]]'', 29 December 2004.</ref> Copland was one of the players who stayed at home on reserve, with the likes of [[Bobby Combe]] and [[Jimmy Binning]].<ref name = "et"/>


Ernie was chosen as reserve in the Scottish team for the World Cup qualifiers in 1957, and travelled to [[Basle]] (Switzerland), [[Stuttgart]] (Germany), and [[Madrid]] (Spain), but did not play.
Copland was chosen as reserve in the Scottish team for the World Cup qualifiers in 1957, and travelled to [[Basel]] (Switzerland), [[Stuttgart]] (Germany), and [[Madrid]] (Spain), but did not play.

Copland died [[Elizabeth, South Australia]] in December 1971, at the age of 47.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19711217/107/0006|title=Former Scots Footballer Dies|newspaper=Aberdeen Evening Express |date=17 December 1971|page=6 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 19:06, 3 November 2024

Ernie Copland
Personal information
Full name Ernest George Copland
Date of birth (1923-10-14)14 October 1923
Place of birth Montrose, Scotland
Date of death December 1971(1971-12-00) (aged 48)
Place of death Elizabeth, Australia
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1944–1948 Hillside United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1948 Montrose Roselea[1]
1948–1950 Arbroath 15[1] (5)
1950–1951 Dundee 6[2] (3)
1951–1958 Raith Rovers 178[3] (105)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ernie Copland (14 October 1924 – December 1971) was a Scottish footballer who played for Arbroath, Dundee and Raith Rovers. He was selected for Scotland's 1954 FIFA World Cup squad, but did not travel to the finals and never actually played for the national side.

Although selected for the 22 man squad for the 1954 FIFA World Cup, the Scottish Football Association only budgeted to take 13 players (including only one goalkeeper) to the finals in Switzerland.[4] Copland was one of the players who stayed at home on reserve, with the likes of Bobby Combe and Jimmy Binning.[4]

Copland was chosen as reserve in the Scottish team for the World Cup qualifiers in 1957, and travelled to Basel (Switzerland), Stuttgart (Germany), and Madrid (Spain), but did not play.

Copland died Elizabeth, South Australia in December 1971, at the age of 47.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b ARBROATH : 1946/47 - 2007/08, Newcastle Fans.
  2. ^ DUNDEE : 1946/47 - 2007/08, Newcastle Fans.
  3. ^ RAITH ROVERS : 1946/47 - 2007/08, Newcastle Fans.
  4. ^ a b UNLUCKY 13 FOR SCOTS[permanent dead link‍], Evening Telegraph, 29 December 2004.
  5. ^ "Former Scots Footballer Dies". Aberdeen Evening Express. 17 December 1971. p. 6 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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