Jim Copeland

Jim Copeland was born in Windsor and went from high school football tgo playing for the Kitchener-Watgerloo Dutchmen of the ORFU in 1959. Copeland moved up to the Montreal Alouettes in 1960. Copeland then went on to spend four years for the Saskatchewan Roughriders (1961-64) and four years with the Toronto Argonauts (1965-68). Copeland played mainly defensive back and had 10 career interceptions. Copeland did see some action on offence and was used on both kickoff and punt returns to great effect.

Jim Copeland Back With Riders - November 8, 1962

 

GP, Rushing, Receiving and Points
Year Team GP TC Yds Avg TD Long Rec Yds Avg TD Long PTS
1959 KWD
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 MON 13









0
1961 SASK 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 SASK 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 SASK 16 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 9 0 9 6
1964 SASK 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 TOR 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 TOR 14 4 14 3.5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 TOR 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 TOR 13 4 30 7.5 0 14




0

 

KO, Punt and Fumble Returns
Year Team KOR Yds Avg TD Long PR Yds Avg TD Long MFGRet Yds Avg TD Long
1959 KWD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 MON 0 0 0 0 0 43 148 3.4 0 15 2 30 15 0 18
1961 SASK 1 3 3 0 3 59 384 6.5 0 28 0 0 0 0 0
1962 SASK 0 0 0 0 0 37 185 5 0 25 0 0 0 0 0
1963 SASK 0 0 0 0 0 59 352 6 0 22 0 0 0 0 0
1964 SASK 1 12 12 0 12 72 381 5.3 0 28 0 0 0 0 0
1965 TOR 5 88 17.6 0 29 25 172 6.9 0 15 0 0 0 0 0
1966 TOR 17 393 23.1 0 36 61 246 4 0 15 0 0 0 0 0
1967 TOR 1 24 24 0 24 15 82 5.5 0 15 0 0 0 0 0
1968 TOR 5 141 28.2 0 32 64 514 8 0 34




 

Interceptions and Fumble Returns
Year Team Int Yds Avg TDInt Long FR Yds Avg TD Long FF
1959 KWD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 MON 2 12 6 0 12





1961 SASK 3 37 12.3 0
0 0 0 0 0
1962 SASK 3 49 16.3 0
0 0 0 0 0
1963 SASK 2 33 16.5 0 33 0 0 0 0 0
1964 SASK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 TOR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 TOR 0 0 0 0 0 1

0

1967 TOR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 TOR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 

Fumbles
Year Team F FL
1959 KWD 0
1960 MON 0
1961 SASK 2
1962 SASK 0
1963 SASK 0
1964 SASK 2
1965 TOR 0
1966 TOR 2
1967 TOR 0
1968 TOR 0

 

 

Jim copeland

Jim copeland