page_title: Henry Cooper
hierarchical_section_title: Henry Cooper
caption_attribution_description: Figurina CAMPIONI DELLO SPORT 1969/70- n. 356 - H. COOPER (GBR)- PUGILATO
context_page_description: Sir Henry Cooper OBE KSG was a British heavyweight boxer. Cooper held the British, Commonwealth, and European heavyweight titles several times throughout his career, and unsuccessfully challenged Muhammad Ali for the world heavyweight championship in 1966.
  Following his retirement from the sport, Cooper continued his career as a television and radio personality; he was the first to twice win the public vote for BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award and is one of the boxers to be awarded a knighthood including Frank Bruno MBE one of the Orders of the British Empire.
context_section_description: Sir Henry Cooper OBE KSG (3 May 1934 – 1 May 2011) was a British heavyweight boxer. Cooper held the British, Commonwealth, and European heavyweight titles several times throughout his career, and unsuccessfully challenged Muhammad Ali for the world heavyweight championship in 1966.
  Following his retirement from the sport, Cooper continued his career as a television and radio personality; he was the first (and is today one of four people) to twice win the public vote for BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award and is one of the boxers to be awarded a knighthood including Frank Bruno MBE one of the Orders of the British Empire.
caption: Cooper circa 1969
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