Tour Scotland travel video of a Sunny Winter back roads drive, with Scottish bagpipes and drums music, on narrow Scottish roads, with passing places, on visit to the Abbey Church and cemetery in Coupar Angus, Gaelic: Cùbar Aonghais, in Perthshire. The gravestones and the grass are generally in good condition. There are few older stones from before the 19th century. Monks’ stone coffins, which were originally found at the East end of the church and now lie beside the gatehouse and older stones around the watch house, are amongst a small number which have survived. The Scottish name Coupar is a habitational name thought to be taken on from the place name Cupar in Fife, which is probably of Pictish origin, with an unknown meaning. As an English name Coupar was occupational for a cooper, that is, a maker of barrels. Spelling variations of this family name include: Coupar, Cooper, Cowper, Couper, Copper and others. Thomas Coupar settled in Virginia, America, in 1606; John Coupar arrived in America in 1793.
John Bain " Jock " Sutherland was born on March 21, 1889 in Coupar Angus. After emigrating to America he got his start in football by playing end at the University of Pittsburgh, commonly known as Pitt, under legendary coach Glenn Scobey " Pop " Warner. He was named an All-American and played on Pitt's national championship teams in 1915 and 1916. He coached college football at Lafayette College, 1919 to 1923, and the University of Pittsburgh, 1924 to 1938, and professional football for the Brooklyn Dodgers, 1940 to 1941) and Pittsburgh Steelers, 1946 to 1947. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951. Sutherland died in Pittsburgh on April 11, 1948, following surgery to remove a malignant brain tumor. He is interred in Pittsburgh's Homewood Cemetery.
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