Bill Rogers (quarterback) explained

Bill Rogers
School:	South Carolina Gamecocks
Currentposition:	Quarterback
Pastschools:	South Carolina (1924–1926)
Class:	Graduate
Highlights:	All-Southern (1926) South Carolina Athletics Hall of Fame

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.

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.^{[1] [2] [3]} Rogers was selected All-Southern in 1926.^[4] With Rogers leading the football team for three years, it went 20–10.

Basketball

The basketball team went 33–16 while Rogers was on the team. He scored 345 points in 47 career games.

Rogers was elected to the South Carolina Athletics Hall of Fame in 1969.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Book: Classic Clashes of the Carolina-Clemson Football Rivalry: A State of Disunion . Travis Haney . 32. 9781609494223 . 2011 .
2. Web site: Snapshot of a rivalry: USC vs. Clemson . Sarah Ellis . November 26, 2013.
3. Web site: Spurrier one of few USC coaches to enjoy success in series . https://archive.today/20141220163336/http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20121115/SPORTS/311150059/Spurrier-one-few-USC-coaches-enjoy-success-series . dead . December 20, 2014 . November 16, 2012 .
4. News: Alabama Places 4 Men On Newspaper All-Southern Team . The Kingsport Times . November 28, 1926.
5. Web site: South Carolina Athletics Hall of Fame . December 28, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170126073750/http://www.gamecocksonline.com/trads/scar-hof.html . January 26, 2017 . dead .