Homer Cogdell
| Auburn Tigers | |
|---|---|
| Position | Fullback/End/Tackle |
| Class | Graduate |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | April 5, 1888 Inverness, Bullock County, Alabama |
| Died: | October 8, 1956 (aged 68) Alexandria, Virginia |
| Weight | 176 lb (80 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College | Alabama Polytechnic (1908–1911) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Homer David Cogdell (April 5, 1888 – October 8, 1956) was a college football player and US Army captain during World War I.[1] He was also an assistant administrator in the Farmers Home Administration.[2]
Auburn University[]
Cogdell was a prominent fullback and end for the Auburn Tigers football team of Alabama Polytechnic Institute from 1908 to 1911.[3]
1909[]
Grantland Rice selected him All-Southern in 1909.[4][5]
1910-11[]
He was selected All-Southern again in 1910 and 1911.[6]
References[]
- ^ "The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, February 28, 1919, Image 6". 28 February 1919. p. 6.
- ^ "Hearings". 1956.
- ^ Elizabeth D. Schafer (2004). Auburn Football. p. 12. ISBN 9780738516691.
- ^ "All-Southern Selection". Charlotte Observer. November 29, 1909.
- ^ Cap and Gown. p. 143.
- ^ Dick Jemison (November 27, 1910). "Nine of the Football Stars Picked on Jemison's All Southern Eleven". Atlanta Constitution. p. 1. Retrieved March 9, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
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- All-Southern college football players
- People from Bullock County, Alabama
- Players of American football from Alabama
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- United States Army personnel of World War I
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