Frank O. Rogers
| Frank O. Rogers | |
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Depiction of Rogers c. 1898
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| Born | October 21, 1876 Salisbury, North Carolina |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Memphis, Tennessee |
| Occupation | Physician |
| College football career | |
| North Carolina Tar Heels | |
| Position | Quarterback |
| Class | Graduate |
| Major | Medicine |
| Career history | |
| College | North Carolina (1896–1898) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Francis Owington "Frank" Rogers (October 21, 1876 – November 8, 1939) was a college football player and physician.
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Early years
Francis Owington Rogers was born on October 21, 1876 in Salisbury, North Carolina to B. F. Rogers and Mattie Harkey.[1][2]
University of North Carolina
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 scrub team.
1898
Rogers was captain of the undefeated, Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association 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
Rogers was then educated in medicine at the University of Maryland School of Maryland, 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
He married Emma Antoinette Tillar in Galveston, Texas on October 26, 1909.[2]
Death
He died in a Memphis hospital after suffering a heart attack.[7]
References
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External links
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- 20th-century American physicians
- 19th-century players of American football
- 1876 births
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- Players of American football from North Carolina
- People from Little Rock, Arkansas
- People from Salisbury, North Carolina
- University of Maryland School of Medicine alumni
