Bill Rogers (American football)

Bill Rogers was a college football, baseball, and basketball player for the South Carolina Gamecocks of the University of South Carolina.

Bill Rogers
South Carolina Gamecocks
PositionQuarterback
ClassGraduate
Career history
CollegeSouth Carolina (1924–1926)
Career highlights and awards

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] In Rogers three years leading the football team 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. "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. 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.


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