Joe Rogers (Australian footballer)


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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]

Joe Rogers
Personal information
Full name Joseph William Rogers
Date of birth 3 July 1907
Place of birth Campbells Creek, Victoria
Date of death 20 August 1966 (aged 59)
Place of death Geelong, Victoria
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1927–33 Coburg (VFA) 103 (29)
1934–35 Northcote (VFA) 017 (14)
1936–37 North Melbourne 017 0(1)
1938–40 Camberwell (VFA) 038 0(3)

1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1940.

Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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]