Alan Rogers (football manager)

Alan Rogers
Personal information
Full name Albert Garnet I. M. M. Rogers
Date of birth (1923-10-20)20 October 1923
Place of birth West Derby, Lancashire, England
Date of death 25 August 2022(2022-08-25) (aged 98)
Place of death Sefton, England
Managerial career
Years Team
1962–1963 Philippines
1963 Bloemfontein City
1963–1965 Basutoland
1965–1966 Uganda[1]
1966–1967 Chicago Spurs
1969–1970 Paykan
1970 Kansas City Spurs
1971 Washington Darts
1971–1974 Persepolis
1976 Shahbaz
1978 Þór Akureyri

Albert Garnet I. M. M. Rogers (20 October 1923 – 25 August 2022), better known as Alan Rogers, was an English football manager who was Head-Coach of Persepolis F.C. between 1971 and 1974.[2] Persepolis F.C., an Iranian football club then played in the Takht Jamshid Cup.

Rogers held coaching positions in the Philippines, South Africa, Iran, the US, Qatar, Zambia, Libya, Uganda and Iceland.[3][4]

Rogers and Frank O'Farrell arrived in Tehran on 17 January 2006 upon invitation from Persepolis F.C.[5]

  1. ^ "The Observer - Kiberu: A peerless icon in local football". The Observer. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Iran gives ex-football boss a hero's welcome". persianleague.com. Archived from the original on 16 February 2006. Retrieved 20 January 2006.
  3. ^ "Sport – Tranmere Rovers – News – The roving adventures of the original Indiana Jones". Liverpool Echo. 23 December 2004. Retrieved 25 August 2010.
  4. ^ "Medal honour for Arctic war hero Alan who waited 70 years". southportvisiter.co.uk. 4 July 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  5. ^ "Iran Varzeshi - فوتبال ايران ۶ - 1384/10/28". Archived from the original on 4 August 2009. Retrieved 9 May 2009.