Steve Rogers (rugby league)

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Steve Rogers

Personal information
Full name	Steven Frederick Rogers
Born	(1954-11-20)20 November 1954 Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Died	3 January 2006(2006-01-03) (aged 51) Cronulla, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Position	Centre
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1973–82 Cronulla Sharks 200 82 501 5 1253 1983–84 St. George Dragons 29 8 42 5 121 1985 Cronulla Sharks 2 0 0 0 0 1986 Widnes 1 0 0 0 0 Total 232 90 543 10 1374 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1973–82 New South Wales 21 7 6 0 33 1973–82 Australia 24 7 0 0 21
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Steven Frederick Rogers (20 November 1954 – 3 January 2006) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and St. George Dragons teams in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership competition and for Widnes in the English Championship, usually in the position of centre. Rogers represented New South Wales and Australia captaining the national team once in 1981.

After his retirement, Rogers was named as one of the five "immortals" of the Cronulla club.^[3] He became involved in the administration of rugby league, and held the position of Cronulla's CEO at the time of his death.^[4]

Rogers died after swallowing a combination of prescription drugs and alcohol on 3 January 2006. In April 2006, the NSW state coroner ruled that the death was accidental.^[5]