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League hardman Bob Cooper dies aged 67

Rugby league hardman Bob Cooper, who played State of Origin for NSW in 1980, has died aged 67. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Foundation NSW State of Origin player Bob Cooper has died after a brief battle with cancer, aged 67.

One of the most controversial players of the late 1970s and early 1980s, Cooper made his name as a hardman at Western Suburbs.

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