PLAYING CAREER
HMCS "YORK" NAVY TEAM   1944
TORONTO ARGONAUTS   1945-1949, 1952-1956
CALGARY STAMPEDERS   1950 - 1951

AWARDS AND HONOURS
ALL-EASTERN RUNNING BACK   1945, 1946, 1947, 1949
JEFF RUSSEL MEMORIAL TROPHY  1949

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION   1945, 1946, 1947, 1952
GREY CUP WINNING TEAMS   1945, 1946, 1947, 1952

ROYAL COPELAND WAS AN OUTSTANDING HALFBACK AND DEFENSIVE BACK. IN 1949 HE WAS THE RECIPIENT OF THE JEFF RUSSEL MEMORIAL TROPHY, PRESENTED TO THE EASTERN CONFERENCE PLAYER POSSESSING THE HIGHEST QUALITIES OF COURAGE, FAIR PLAY, AND SPORTSMANSHIP.

COPELAND PARTICIPATED IN FOUR GREY CUP GAMES, ALL TORONTO ARGONAUT VICTORIES.  HE SCORED TOUCHDOWNS IN THE 1945, 1946, AND 1947 CONTESTS. HE SCORED 42 REGULAR SEASON TOUCHDOWNS, INCLUDING FOUR IN ONE GAME DURING 1945.

WHILE WITH THE ARGONAUTS, HE AND FELLOW HALL OF FAMER JOE KROL WERE CALLED THE "GOLD DUST TWINS".

INDUCTED 1988 - PLAYER

Class of 1988 Ed McQuarters, Tony "Paj" Pajaczkowski, Ralph Sazio