Francis Owington "Rogers (October 21, 1876 – November 8, 1939) was an American college football player and physician.
Frank O. Rogers | |
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 Depiction of Rogers, c. 1898 | |
| Born | October 21, 1876 |
| Died | November 8, 1939 (aged 63) Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Occupation | Physician |
| College football career | |
| North Carolina Tar Heels | |
| Position | Quarterback |
| Class | Graduate |
| Major | Medicine |
| Personal information | |
| Weight | 160 lb (73 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College | North Carolina (1896–1898) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Early years edit
Rogers was born on October 21, 1876, in Salisbury, North Carolina, to B. F. Rogers and Mattie Harkey.[1][2]
University of North Carolina edit
Rogers was a prominent quarterback for the North Carolina Tar Heels football team of the University of North Carolina.[3] In his freshman year he was captain of the team.
1898 edit
Rogers was captain of the undefeated, Southern champion 1898 team. It is the only undefeated team in the history of UNC football.[4] He was selected All-Southern, "and exhibited generalship of a high order."[5]
Physician edit
Rogers was then educated in medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, receiving his M. D. in 1901.[1] He was once a resident physician at St. Joseph's Hospital in Baltimore and then a practicing physician in Concord, North Carolina. Much later he practiced in Little Rock, Arkansas.[6]
Marriage edit
He married Emma Antoinette Tillar in Galveston, Texas on October 26, 1909.[2]
Death edit
He died in a Memphis hospital after suffering a heart attack.[7]
References edit
- ^ a b Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy (1907). University of Maryland, 1807-1907. Vol. 2. pp. 282–283.
- ^ a b The Hospital Bulletin. Hospital Bulletin Company of the University of Maryland. 1910. p. 184.
- ^ Kemp Plummer Battle (1912). 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. 33. Outing Publishing Company: 527.
- ^ "1898". The Alumni Review. 10 (6): 174. March 1922.
- ^ "Southern medicine and surgery".