Homer Cogdell Explained

Homer Cogdell
School:	Auburn Tigers
Pastschools:	Alabama Polytechnic (1908 - 1911)
Currentposition:	Fullback/End/Tackle
Class:	Graduate
Weight Lb:	176
Birth Date:	5 April 1888
Birth Place:	Inverness, Bullock County, Alabama, US
Death Place:	Alexandria, Virginia, US
Highlights:	All-Southern (1909, 1910, 1911)

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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, February 28, 1919, Image 6. 28 February 1919. 6.
2. Web site: Hearings. 1956.
3. Book: Auburn Football. Elizabeth D. Schafer. 2004. 12. Arcadia . 9780738516691.
4. News: All-Southern Selection. Charlotte Observer. November 29, 1909.
5. Book: Cap and Gown. 143.
6. News: Nine of the Football Stars Picked on Jemison's All Southern Eleven. Atlanta Constitution. Dick Jemison. 1. March 9, 2015. Newspapers.com. November 27, 1910.