Norman Tellous Cooper was born August 8, 1913 in Rogersville, Alabama. "Shorty" was Little All-American in football at Howard college in 1936 and All-Dixie in 1935 and ‘36. He played center for the Brooklyn Dodgers professional football team in 1936 and ‘38. In 1939 he coached freshman football at Howard and from 1940-43 he coached football and basketball at Vanderbilt. After a World War II interlude, he went back to Vanderbilt from 1946-47 before going to Kansas University in 1948 and to LSU in 1949-52. He is deceased. (1994)