Hogan Wharton

Hogan Wharton
Position: Tackle
Personal information
Date of birth: December 13, 1935
Place of birth: Hood County, Texas
Date of death: October 8, 2008 (age 72)
Place of death: Sugar Land, Texas
Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight: 250 lb (113 kg)
Career information
High school: Orange High School
College: University of Houston
NFL draft: 1958 / Round: 11 / Pick: 131
Career history
Career highlights and awards

Robert Glen "Hogan" Wharton (December 13, 1935 – October 8, 2008) was an American football player. He attended the University of Houston where he played college football at the tackle position for the Houston Cougars football team from 1956 to 1958. He was named lineman of the year in the Missouri Valley Conference in 1957,[1] and the following year he was selected by the American Football Coaches Association as a first-team tackle on its 1958 College Football All-America Team.[2] Wharton later played professional football in the newly formed American Football League, playing at the guard position for the Houston Oilers during the first four years of the club's existence from 1960 to 1963, including the 1960 Houston Oilers team that won the first AFL championship.[3] He was cut by the Oilers in September 1964.[4]

References

  1. "Houston Boys Suffering Too". The Miami News. November 18, 1958. p. 2C.
  2. "Grid Coaches Select Team". Eugene Register-Guard. December 7, 1958.
  3. "Hogan Wharton NFL & AFL". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  4. "Groman, Wharton Cut by Houston Gridders". Rome News-Tribune. September 2, 1964. p. 10.
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