Joe Rogers | |
Fullname: | Joseph William Rogers |
Birth Date: | 3 July 1907 |
Birth Place: | Campbells Creek, Victoria |
Death Place: | Geelong, Victoria |
Height: | 175 cm |
Weight: | 79 kg |
Statsend: | 1940 |
Years1: | 1927–33 |
Club1: | Coburg (VFA) |
Games Goals1: | 103 (29) |
Years2: | 1934–35 |
Club2: | Northcote (VFA) |
Games Goals2: | 17 (14) |
Years3: | 1936–37 |
Games Goals3: | 17 (1) |
Years4: | 1938–40 |
Club4: | Camberwell (VFA) |
Games Goals4: | 38 (3) |
Joseph William Rogers (3 July 1907 – 20 August 1966) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
The eldest of the nine children of John Rogers (1864-1922),[2] and Harriett Rogers (1868-1942), née Fox,[3] Joseph William Rogers was born at Campbells Creek, Victoria on 3 July 1907.
He married Esther Altie Ross (1910-1993) in 1931.
Rogers commenced his senior football career in the Victorian Football Association, initially playing with Coburg,[4] [5] [6] and then with Northcote.
He then spent two years playing with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League and subsequently played with Camberwell in the Victorian Football Association again.[7]
Rogers later served in the Australian Army during World War II.[8]
He died at Geelong, Victoria on 20 August 1966.[9] [10]