Cecil "Cec" James Cooper (born 21 February 1926) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s, and coached in the 1950s. A New South Wales representative centre, he captained and later coached the Canterbury-Bankstown club of the New South Wales Rugby Football League. He is the brother of Australian international Lionel Cooper and fellow Canterbury-Bankstown players and . In 1953, when captain of his club, Cec Cooper suffered a fractured spine.