Bill Rogers (quarterback)
South Carolina Gamecocks | |
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Position | Quarterback |
Class | Graduate |
Career history | |
College | South Carolina (1924–1926) |
Career highlights and awards | |
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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.
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[]
- ^ a b c d "South Carolina Athletics Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on January 26, 2017. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
- ^ Travis Haney (2011). Classic Clashes of the Carolina-Clemson Football Rivalry: A State of Disunion. p. 32. ISBN 9781609494223.
- ^ Sarah Ellis (November 26, 2013). "Snapshot of a rivalry: USC vs. Clemson".
- ^ "Spurrier one of few USC coaches to enjoy success in series". November 16, 2012. Archived from the original on December 20, 2014.
- ^ "Alabama Places 4 Men On Newspaper All-Southern Team". The Kingsport Times. November 28, 1926.
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