Bill Rogers (quarterback)

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Bill Rogers
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Position Quarterback
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College South Carolina (1924–1926)
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Bill Rogers was a college football, baseball, and basketball player for the South Carolina Gamecocks of the University of South Carolina.

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Gamecocks

Rogers earned nine varsity letters in his time at South Carolina. [1]

Football

On Branch Bocock's football teams, he was quarterback and punter. Once against rival Clemson Rogers picked up his own punt, which had bounced off a Clemson player, and ran seventeen yards for a 10 to 0 lead in what would be a 33 to 0 victory. [2] [3] [4] Rogers was selected All-Southern in 1926. [5] With Rogers leading the football team for three years, it went 20–10. [1]

Basketball

The basketball team went 33–16 while Rogers was on the team. He scored 345 points in 47 career games. [1]

Rogers was elected to the South Carolina Athletics Hall of Fame in 1969. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "South Carolina Athletics Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on January 26, 2017. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  2. Travis Haney (2011). Classic Clashes of the Carolina-Clemson Football Rivalry: A State of Disunion. History Press. p. 32. ISBN   9781609494223.
  3. Sarah Ellis (November 26, 2013). "Snapshot of a rivalry: USC vs. Clemson".
  4. "Spurrier one of few USC coaches to enjoy success in series". November 16, 2012. Archived from the original on December 20, 2014.
  5. "Alabama Places 4 Men On Newspaper All-Southern Team". The Kingsport Times. November 28, 1926.