Frank O. Rogers
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Depiction of Rogers c. 1898 | |
| North Carolina Tar Heels | |
|---|---|
| Position | Quarterback |
| Class | Graduate |
| Major | Medicine |
| Career history | |
| College | North Carolina (1896–1898) |
| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | October 21, 1876 |
| Place of birth | Salisbury, North Carolina |
| Date of death | November 8, 1939 (aged 63) |
| Place of death | Memphis, Tennessee |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Francis Owington "Frank" Rogers (October 21, 1876 – November 8, 1939) was a college football player and physician.
University of North Carolina
Rogers was a prominent quarterback for the North Carolina Tar Heels football team of the University of North Carolina.[1]
1898
Main article: 1898 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
Rogers was captain of the undefeated, Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association champion 1898 team. It is the only undefeated team in the history of UNC football.[2] He was selected All-Southern, "and exhibited generalship of a high order."[3]
Physician
He was a physician in Little Rock, Arkansas.[4]
Death
He died in a Memphis hospital after suffering a heart attack.[5]
References
- ↑ Kemp Plummer Battle. History of the University of North Carolina. p. 751.
- ↑ University of North Carolina ... football blue book for press and radio. 1956. p. 25.
- ↑ W. A. Lambeth (1899). "Football In The South". Outing (Outing Publishing Company) 33: 527.
- ↑ "1898". The Alumni Review 10 (6): 174. March 1922.
- ↑ "Southern medicine and surgery".
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