abstract:Ian Cooper (born 2 April 1946) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda in the Victorian Football League during the 1960s. In a restrospective poll by a team of experts, Cooper was voted best afield (the current-day Norm Smith Medal) in the 1966 VFL Grand Final, which St Kilda won.
The Dragons have lost the likes of Ian Gough, Gareth Cooper, Aled Brew and Nathan Brew, though, and their funding still lags some way behind the other Welsh regions.