User talk:Ericeugenecooper

Eric Cooper was born in 1967 in Hollywood California. Eric lived with his brother Carl Cooper, Mother Faye Cooper and Father Edmond Cooper. Eric's family lived in Los Angeles California and later moved to Carson California where he lived till the age of 8.

The first 8 years was filled with family and fun for Eric and Carl. They lived in a new home in Carson and was activly involved in sports. Edmond Cooper worked as a mechanical technician. He also had to deal with his own dissapointments as a child in which his relationship with his father was not very memorable. His father had a secret life with out Ed and his brother garey. Later in life he found out that his father Dennis Cooper actually played semi professional baseball but never included his sons in him teaching or watching him play.

Ed Cooper took special pride in making sure he was involved in his sons lives. He became the head of the coaches association at Del Amo Park in Carson California. Ed along with Raymond and Robert Boykin (two of Faye's Brothers) coached baseball, basketball and football year around. The boys became good athletes but litter Eric was always the young one who played with his older brother. He spent years on the bench day dreaming about playing or even doing something else.

One story that seems to be told often about young Eric was during a serious playoff baseball game Eric was in right veiled during the game

His mother Faye and father Edmond separated because of irreconcilable differences. Eric, Carl and Fay moved to Compton with Fay's mom Clyde Boykin and Father Earnest Boykin. The house was home at different times to many of Fay's 16 brothers and sisters.