Career
He played as an outside right. Hopper, a native of Ashington, began his career in non-league football, including contributing to Lincoln City"s Midland League title in 1920-1921. He made his Football League debut on 30 April, against Southampton, "proved as speedy and as hard a worker" as in that Cup tie, and was expected to "do better when he has had more experience with his new colleagues".
By the end of the 1921-1922 season, the Express rated him "one of the most improved players in the team".
At the end of the next, Hopper left Millwall, and played non-league football until resuming his league career in 1926 with Coventry City and then Ashington. His last club was Annfield Plain in his native north-east of England.